Complaint·September 2, 2021

Page 2 On 08/04/21, the licensing office received a complaint alleging a day care staff touched day care children inappropriately. The complaint was referred to the Investigation Branch (IB) and assigned to Investigator Licius Charlemagnu. During the course of the investigation, IB conducted the interview with the mother, 2 children, reporting party and licensee. According to the interviews with the children, there were no disclosure of day care staff inappropriately touched the children. On 8/6/21, LPA Quinto conducted an interview with licensee who indicated no staff member touched the children inappropriately. On 9/2/21, LPA interviewed the licensee\342\200\231s assistant and also stated no staff member touched the children inappropriately. On 9/23/21, LPA interviewed 5 children in care and 2 of 5 children did not disclose staff member touched children inappropriately. 3 of 5 children interviewed were non verbal and not qualified. Based on IB investigation, and LPA\342\200\231s interview with licensee and licensee\342\200\231s assistant, this agency has investigated the complaint alleging a staff inappropriately touched a daycare child while in care; although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not enough preponderance of evidence to substantiate the personal rights of daycare staff touched daycare children inappropriately, therefore the allegation is unsubstantiated. Exit interview was conducted. Notice of Site Visit was posted during the visit. Licensee was informed that the notice of site visit must be posted for 30 consecutive days. Failure to post will result in civil penalties of $100. Licensee was provided a copy of their appeal rights (LIC 9058 01/16) and their signature on this form acknowledges receipt of these rights. First level appeals should be sent to the regional manager to the address listed above. Exit interview was conducted.