complaint·September 12, 2024

Confidential interviews revealed that Licensee had to leave the FCCH for a short period of time to attend to personal family matters. Licensee left the FCCH to pick up S2 so that S2 may assist S1 while Licensee was absent. Additionally, LIC confirmed this to be true and said they only left S1 alone for a period of 5-10 minutes. Based on confidential interviews and records review, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, and the allegation the facility was operating out of ratio and over capacity, is Substantiated . The facility is being cited under Title 22, Section 102416.5 (e) Staffing Ratio and Capacity. See deficiency report for citation cited. An exit interview was conducted, and a copy of this report, LIC 9099-D, and appeal rights was provided to the Licensee . A Notice of Site Visit was issued and posted. The Licensee was informed that the \342\200\234Notice of Site Visit\342\200\235 must be posted for 30 consecutive days. Failure to post will result in Civil Penalties of $100.00. If the facility receives a Type A violation, the licensee shall post and provide copies of the report to parents/guardians of the children in care at the facility by the next business day and shall provide to the parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. In addition, the licensee shall immediately post upon receipt the Proof of Correction for 30 consecutive days and provide a copy to current and enrolling parents. The licensee is to keep Acknowledgement Receipt (LIC 9224) signed by parents in each child\342\200\231s file.