Incident investigation·June 16, 2021

On June 16, 2021 at 10:40 AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Marie Hernandez conducted a case management inspection due to an incident that occurred on 05/27/2021. LPA met with the Facility Representatives, Angelica Nunez, Josephine Bartolo, and Norma Amezcua. Present are thirty five children with fourteen staff. On 05/28/2021, the facility self reported the incident to the Department. The facility reports that on 05/27/2021 at approximately 9:20 AM, the staff person in question handled child #1 inappropriately and spoke to the child inappropriately. During the case management inspection, LPA conducted several interviews with several staff and several children. The staff person in question no longer works at the facility. However, the incident requires further review due to insufficient information available at this time. LPA Marie Hernandez explained the case management incident inspection report, and the Representative, Angelica Nunez, stated it is understood. An exit interview was conducted, and a copy of the report and the notice of site visit was provided to the Representative. The Representative was advised that the notice of site visit must be posted for 30 days.