Incident investigation·January 14, 2025

Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Chase Atherton and Aman Lama arrived at the facility to follow up on a case management visit that was conducted on 12/26/2024. LPAs met with Director Teresa Fortunato, toured the facility, and took census. The Unusual Incident Report (UIR) was received by the licensing agency on 12/16/2024. It indicates an inappropriate behavior between two children was reported. Facility records were reviewed, and pertinent parties were interviewed. Based on the information gathered, the facility acted appropriately within the scope of the UIR, and no violations were identified within the scope of the UIR. However, the following violations were identified during the inspection: based on record review and pertinent party interviews, the facility failed to provide visual supervision while children were using the restroom located outside on the playground on 12/13/2024. LPAs informed the facility director that visual supervision must be provided at all times. See LIC809D for cited deficiencies of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Div. 12 An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report, a copy of appeal rights, and a notice of site visit was provided to facility staff, Teresa Fortunato.