Incident investigation·January 13, 2023

On January 13, 2023, at approximately 12:00 PM, LPA Amanda Blesi met with teachers Deepa Deva and Pat Saboury for a case management inspection visit on this date to discuss the unusual incident report (UIR) that the program phoned into the Licensing office on 1/3/23, for an incident that occurred on the same date. Center Manager Krisite Brantley, arrived later during the inspection. There were no children present upon arrival and LPA was informed children usually begin to arrive around 2:45 PM. LPA spoke with staff today (S1 and S2) who state they have a six year old child (C1) who has been able to exit the facility three times while in care. On 12/29/22, S1 was with a group of children at the bathroom when she observed C1 on the elementary school campus heading towards the bathroom. Later the same day, C1 again exited the facility and started running up the street while S2 chased the child past the cafeteria to the upper playground. On 1/3/23, C1 again exited the the facility and traveled about a mile down the street while staff followed close behind encouraging the child to return to the facility. LPA determined the facility failed to provide a safe environment for C1 resulting in the child leaving the facility on at least three occasions. See LIC 809D for Title 22 deficiency cited on this date. Appeal Rights provided. LPA Blesi informed facility representative Krisite Brantley that this report dated 1/13/23 document(s) one Type A citation(s) which shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there is/are immediate risk(s) to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. Also, LPA Blesi informed the facility representative to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 1/13/23 that documents any Type A citation(s) to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility representative Kristie Brantley.