Lead safety check·January 12, 2024

On January 12th, 2024 at approximately 11AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tapia-Mandujano conducted an unannounced, case management inspection for the Action Level Exceedance (ALE) of Lead in Child Care Center's water as well as a Case Management for an Unusual Incident Report that was submitted to the department. LPA met with Director, Kira Storms. LPA explained the purpose of the visit to Director. Present in the facility are Director with 11 staff supervising 55 children. All adults working in the facility are fingerprint cleared and associated to the facility. Facility is currently operating within teacher to child ratio on this date. LPA discussed the new Assembly Bill (AB) 2370, Chapter 676, Statutes of 2018 requires the Lead Testing of water in the Child Care Center with the Director during the inspection. All Child Care Centers that are located in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, must have their water tested and post the results by January 1, 2023, and every 5 years after the date of the first testing. Facility tested in May of 2022, however not all the faucets that are used for drinking and/or prepping were tested. Director understands that all faucets that will be used for drinking and/or food prepping need to be tested. The facility was not initially cited for the ALE during annual visit on 12/05/2023 due to clarification on conflicting information the facility received. Due to updated guidance regarding the Written Directives for Lead Testing detailed in PIN 21-21.1-CCP, the facility must be cited for not testing all faucets required. Citation was given today and POC was developed. Please refer to LIC 809D for more details. Continued on Page 2... Page 2 continued... LPA also did a Case management for an incident that the facility self reported. The incident occurred on December 12th, 2023. The incident involved lack of supervision that resulted in a child walking out with another family during pick up. Per conversation with Director, child involved walked out as the staff member was verifying pick up information that involved another child. Per Director, during the time the staff member looked away, the child had left the room and was walking next to another family who proceeded to exit the daycare premises. Per Director, the child did make it out of the preschool but was stopped right at the main entrance of the building. Per Director, this incident happened in approximately one minutes. Per Director, there were eyes on the child at all times during the incident, however the child did exit daycare premises. During today's inspection, LPA inspected the area where the incident took place. Per conversation with Director, immediate action was taken and a conversation with all staff was incorporated during their staff meeting on that day, as well as the staff involved had a one on one training with Director. Due to a potential health and safety risks for lack of supervision, a Type B deficiency has been issued. Please see LIC 809D for more details. Deficiency will be cleared during today's inspection. This report must be available in the facility for public review. Notice of site visit shall be posted for 30 days from today's visit. An exit interview was conducted with Director, Kira Storms.