Incident investigation·November 22, 2022

On 11/22/22 a follow up case management inspection is being conducted by License Program Analysts (LPAs) Blanca Ruiz and Elyse Jones in response to the receipt of an unusual incident report ( UIR) from the facility.\302\240 LPAs met with Director, Pauline Copas.\302\240 The center was toured, and a census was taken. During the process of the investigation, records were reviewed and interviews were conducted with pertinent parties. UIR indicates that a police officer came to the center to conduct a wellness check regarding and incident pertaining to Staff #1 who accidentally scratched Child #1 with her/his ring when child resisted to sit down during a classroom activity and threw her/himself down to the ground. Child sustained a scratched on the right arm under biceps. Parent(s)/Legal guardian(s) was informed of the incident. A meeting with the parent(s), staff, child was held at the facility to work on a plan to meet child's needs and/or to prevent any future incidents from occurring.\302\240 Staff#1 is no longer employed by the facility and child was not available to be interview. Based on information gathered, the facility acted appropriately and no violations have been identified pertaining to this incident at this time. An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report was provided to facility staff. A Notice of Site visit was issued and shall remain posted for the next 30 days. A copy of this report must be made available to the public, at the facility site, for 3 years.