Incident investigation·October 18, 2024

A case management visit to the facility was made today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Y. Yang in response to a self-reported lack of supervision incident that occurred at the facility on 10/10/24. During today\342\200\231s visit, the LPA met with the site supervisor, Arlene Corazon Rivera to discuss the details of this incident and provide technical assistance and best practice recommendations. Based on the incident report submitted by the facility, it was reported that on 10/10/24 at approximately 10:19am, child C1 was left on the facility\342\200\231s fully fenced play yard without staff supervision for approximately two minutes during an outdoor to indoor transition. The facility reported that C1 was found by staff S1, who was transitioning her classroom of toddler children to the play yard. The facility reported that S1 observed C1 by the door to the preschool classroom and escorted C1 back to their classroom. The facility reported that C1 did not appear to be in distress. The facility reported that C1\342\200\231s authorized representative was notified of this incident. This incident was self-reported by the facility on 10/10/24 and a written Unusual Incident Report (UIR) was received by the Department on 10/17/24. The facility reported that an internal investigation was conducted and staff present that day were interviewed. The facility reported that the investigation found that the name to face transition procedure was not followed by staff members. California Code of Regulations, Title 22 is being cited on the attached LIC 809-D. The exit interview was conducted, and this report was read and discussed with the site supervisor, Arlene Corazon Rivera. Appeal rights were provided. The Notice of Site Visit shall be posted for 30 days. This is a repeat violation of a similar incident that occurred at the facility on 01/24/24. No civil penalty is being assessed as this is a Title 5 funded facility. Reports citing Type A violations are to be provided to parents/guardians of children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility for the next 12 months from the date of this report. Parents/guardians must sign form LIC 9224 to be kept in each child's file.