Incident investigation·July 19, 2023

On July 19, 2023, at 9:00am Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Adrian Castellon, conducted an unannounced Case Management Inspection due to an incident with child #1. On 07/5/2023, the Department received the incident report from the facility for child #1. During today's case management inspection, LPA met with director Brenda Casillas and assistant director Roxanna Larios. Present during today's inspection were 18 children in care. The facility self reported on 7/5/2023 that child #1 reported that a teacher choked him. LPA interviewed director and assistant director regarding the incident. LPA interviewed two staff members involved in the incident. LPA Castellon interviewed three children in care. Child involved in incident was not present at the facility on this date. LPA may return to the facility and conduct interview at a later date. Incident was reported in a timely manner. No deficiencies issued during today's visit. LPA conducted an exit interview with the licensee.