Incident investigation·October 31, 2024

On 10/31/24, at 8:30am Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Adrian Castellon, conducted an unannounced Case Management Inspection due to an incident that involved child #1. On 09/20/2024, the Department received the incident report and other documents from the facility regarding child #1 incident. The facility also telephoned the SDCCRO and LPA Castellon to report the incident on 9/20/24. During today's case management inspection, LPA met with director Brenda Casillas. Present during today's inspection were 121 children in care. The facility self reported on 9/20/2024 that C1's parent reported to Director that C1 advised parent that staff member may have violated C1's personal rights. On this date, LPA interviewed facility staff and children in care. During the course of the investigation, facility staff, children in care, and a day-care parent were interviewed. No citation issued. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with licensees. A Notice of Site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. LPA observed that the notice of site visit was posted during the inspection. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100.