Incident investigation·December 15, 2022

On 12/15/2022 at 11:45 AM, Licensing Program Analyst Gigi Reyes conducted an unannounced Case Management Inspection and met with Child Care Center (CCC) Site Director, Amber Villamor . LPA asked pre-screening questions related to COVID-19 and Director's responses indicate there are no exposure on site at the time of the inspection. Program Director Miranda Aguilar came in 20 minutes later. LPA observed 5 infants and 8 toddlers and 6 staff. On 11/4/2022, CCC Program Director self reported an incident that occurred on 10/10/2022. Based on the unusual incident report, Staff 1 came back from lunch and reported to CCC intoxicated, Staff 1 supervised children while under the influence until the children were picked up at the end of the day. Director stated she was not notified of the said incident not until October 25, 2022 by a former CCC staff whom Staff 1 disclosed the incident. On the same day, (10/25/2022) Staff 1 approached Director and admitted that the incident was true. On 11/2/2022, Staff 1 was placed on administrative leave without pay pending an investigation. After the investigation of CCC management, on the same day, Staff 1 employment with above CCC was terminated in violation of the company policy. On the other hand, CCC failed to report the incident to the department in a timely manner as required by regulation. Incident was reported to Community Care Licensing Division 9 days after Director was made aware of the said incident. Director stated, she conducted and internal investigation prior to notifying the department to obtain an accurate report. During today's inspection deficiency was cited under Title 22 Division 12. Appeal Righs were given and explained. LPA reviewed and conducted exit interview with Program Director Miranda Aguilar