complaint·May 28, 2021

Through the course of the investigation starting from 02/24/21 through 05/21/21, LPA interviewed LS, four adults, fourteen parents, and attempted to interview three children. Some children were not verbal, too young to interview, not available, or did not qualify to be interviewed. Statements provided by three adults and fourteen parents did not report any corroborating evidence of LS hitting/spanking or violating any child(ren)\342\200\231s personal rights at the facility, stating that LS was nice to the children and utilized time-out as a tool/method to discipline the children. Parent statements further noted that their children were excited to go to the facility and did not appear to be fearful or withdrawn from LS or staff. While most adults and parents\342\200\231 statements did not report any concerns of personal rights violation(s) at the facility, two statements did report witnessing and expressing concerns of LS spanking/hitting child(ren) in care. One statement further reported LS yanked an object away from a child and LS used her right hand to swat a child\342\200\231s left hand. During LPA\342\200\231s visit on 02/25/21, there were no children in care, and LPA did not witness LS hit or spank any children. Based on the investigation, there\342\200\231s not a preponderance of evidence to support the allegation that LS hit C1 or any other children in care, and therefore, the allegation is unsubstantiated. This report was discussed and reviewed with LS and an Exit interview was conducted with LS. LS\342\200\231s signature was not recorded on this Complaint Investigation Report (CIR), however; LS was provided with a copy of this CIR, and LS\342\200\231s confirmation of read receipt is on file. Notice of Site Visit shall be posted for 30 days. There were no title 22 deficiencies cited during this visit. Appeal Rights were provided.