Incident investigation·August 28, 2024

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Keely Messerschmidt conducted an unannounced Case Management inspection to follow-up on an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) submitted to Community Care Licensing (CCL) on August 12th, 2024. LPA met with Director Rachel Smith and toured the facility. LPA interviewed 4 staff members during this inspection. On August 12th, 2024, CCL received information via UIR that a child (C1) was left unattended in classroom for approximately a few minutes. Interviews with staff revealed that; although, there was sufficient staffing in the room at the time of incident, there was a lack of supervision which resulted in C1 being left unattended in classroom while 3 staff members transitioned to playground with the remaining 17 children in care. When children sat on rug, a name to face was conducted and C1 was observed to be missing from the group, teachers immediately grabbed child from classroom unharmed. Based on information gathered, the CCC was given a Type A deficiency. Upon receipt, licensee shall post and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility for the next 12 months. A Civil Penalty has been assessed on this visit. Payment is due when billed and the check(s) or money orders shall be made payable to the “California Department of Social Services”. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INVOICE IN THE MAIL. DO NOT SEND MONEY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR INVOICE. DO NOT SEND CASH. An exit interview was conducted, and this report was reviewed with the Director Rachel Smith , and a copy was provided. Appeal rights were discussed and provided during the exit interview. The Notice of Site Visit and Type A Deficiencies from today’s visit must be posted for 30 days. Failure to keep these posted for the entire 30 days will result in an immediate $100 civil penalty for each.