Achievers

PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

ARTICLE 2. Administration of Child Day Care Licensing

ACTIVITIES/NAPPING

101230 Activities (c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center.This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA’s observation and interview, on 03/20/24 at 2:05pm, S1 was supervising 23 children in the Butterflies nap room, with more than one child awake on their nap mats without a teacher immediately available at the center to join S1 to meet the ratio requirements, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care.

LIMITATIONS ON CAPACITY

101161 Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation.This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted children C1, C2 & C4 have been observed playing on the playground with the children enrolled on more than one occasion and are not enrolled at the facility or do not meet the limitations specified on the license, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care.

CRIMINAL RECORD CLEARANCE

101170(e)All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility:(2) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f)This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, record review, and interview the licensee did not associate 2 of 6 staff criminal record clearances to the facility. S4 and S5’s criminal record clearances were not transferred to the facility prior to the first day of employment, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.

HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES

Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in stored medication for two children, C6 and C7. C6 and C7's medication did not contain it's original packaging or a label with instructions from the physician, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

FIXTURES, FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Based on observation, multiple areas of the physical plant were not in good condition. The area above children's sink near the diaper changing area had exposed dry wall, metal strip along outside doors was separating from doors, exposing a screw on one door. Outdoor play equipment (space ship, red car, and steering wheel) had areas of deteriorating or splinted wood. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in maintaining the named areas above in good condition, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

The department shall assess an immediate civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues after citation, for any of the following serious violations: Absence of supervision, including, but not limited to, a child left unattended…This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review C2 was left without staff supervision on the play yard for 17 minutes on 01/17/23, which posed an immediate health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the child in care.