Incident investigation·November 28, 2022

On 11/28/2022 at 1:17 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Austin Rios conducted an unannounced Case Management inspection. LPA met with facility Director Kristine Parra and advised her the purpose of the inspection. Director provided LPA a tour of the facility inside and out. There were two staff and 17 children in care at the time of the inspection. On 10/18/2022, Director self reported On 10/17/22, while staff members were monitoring children using the restroom, C1 and C2 walked around the other side of the building and one child did reach over to touch and the teacher was coming around the corner and children pulled up pants. A witness to the incident (a school parent) stated C2 initiated the touching. Child 1 confirmed Child 2 initiated the touching. The area where the children touched each other was unknown to staff. C1 and C2 were separated immediately by staff and the parents of children were called, Elementary School Principal informed of incident. Today, LPA inspected the area and observed where the incident took place. The Director reported the incident and submitted the incident report to the Department as required. LPA advised the director that the incident was an absence of supervision. The following CCR, Title 22, Division 12 Type A regulation was cited 101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision LPA informed director that this report dated 11/28/2022 and one Type A citation shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there were immediate risk(s) to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. Cont. on 809-C. Also, LPA Austin Rios informed the director to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 11/28/2022 that documents any Type A citation must be given to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility director.