Incident investigation·August 16, 2024

On 08/16/2024, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Raymond Moorehead conducted a case management inspection with Tracy Bierman, Director and Ann-Marie Schoben, Assistant Director. A case management inspection is being conducted in response to the receipt of an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) from the facility. The UIR was received by the licensing agency on 08/02/2024 as the incident was self-reported. The UIR documented an incident where a teacher accused another teacher of handling a child in care, in a rough manner. The UIR also documented that the police were called, arrived, and conducted their own investigation. It was reported that the police's investigation stated that there was no evidence that abuse or mishandling occurred. During today's visit, LPA investigated the incident. Facility staff members were interviewed, documentation was obtained, a tour/census was taken. During the investigation, conflicting statements were received. Further, several pertinent interviews and documentation obtained revealed that there was no evidence of the subject child being mishandled and that the allegations started based off internal staff conflict. Based on the information obtained, there appeared to be no violations of Title 22 Regulations pertaining to the reported incident at this time. LPA conducted an exit interview with Tracy Bierman, Director and provided a copy of this report. A Notice of Site Visit was issued and must remain posted for the next 30 days.