complaint·May 5, 2025

(Continued, Page 2...) On April 30, 2025, executive director self-reported an incident to department that occurred at facility on April 29, 2025 at approximately 5:30pm. Families were arriving to facility to pick their children up from facility. Incident occurred in Sunshine classroom. Per unusual incident report (LIC624), T1 was present in Sunshine classroom with 8 children. T1 was speaking with an enrolled child\342\200\231s parent in the classroom. As T1 was speaking with an enrolled child\342\200\231s parent, C1 exited from the classroom and walked towards the facility exit. T1 was not aware C1 exited classroom. Parent of a separate enrolled child, P1, opened main entrance with their child. P1 held the main entrance door open and C1 exited facility through main entrance. Wooden gate, located in front of main entrance, was also left open. C1 exited facility premises through open, wooden gate. C1 walked onto Grand Avenue. P1, not related to C1, ran after C1, picked C1 up from the street and carried C1 back into the facility. C1 returned to facility without any injuries. From the time C1 walked out of facility, walked off facility premises, was picked up from street and returned to facility was approximately 1 minute total. C1\342\200\231s parents were informed of incident on same date. During today\342\200\231s visit, LPAs toured facility, conducted random selection of staff interviews and file reviews and collected facility records. As LPAs toured facility, LPAs observed rat traps in the kitchen. During the random selection of staff interviews it was confirmed that rodents were observed and present during operational hours on multiple occasions. Due to executive director self-reporting an incident, LPA\342\200\231s observations and interviews conducted, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegations are found to be SUBSTANITATED. California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12, are being cited. Please refer to 9099D for more information. Program is being cited a Type B citation for absence of supervision. Civil penalty has been assessed for absence of supervision. Program is also being cited a Type B citation for pests in facility. Refer to 9099D for more information. A plan of correction was discussed. Appeal rights were provided during visit. Notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with executive director, Ana Galdamez.