Incident investigation·October 9, 2025

An unannounced case management inspection was conducted today at 12:15pm by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Sydney Sims. LPA met with facility representative Tramiena McMahan . In response to an Unusual Incident Report received by the Department on 06/02/25 where child C1 was left alone on the play ground for 15 minutes without the supervision of staff. The facility representative was interviewed on 10/9/25 at 1:20pm and stated that on 5/30/25 at 10:45am C1 was left alone on the play ground for approximately 15 minutes but that the facility representative was not present when the incident occurred and is unable to provide any more information on the incident. Two staff (S1 - S2) were interviewed on 10/9/25 and stated that C1 was left alone on the play ground for about 15 minutes. C1 stated that staff did not know that C1 was out on the play ground until P1 came into the facility and then staff were aware that C1 was outside crying on the playground. One parents (P1) was interviewed on 10/8/25 and stated that on 05/30/2025 when P1 came to the facility to pick up child C1, P1 observed C1 to be on the playground alone with no staff and that C1 was crying. P1 stated that when P1 brought this to the staff's attention the staff were unaware that C1 was not in the classroom. During today\342\200\231s inspection, the facility was toured and LPA Sims observed children playing on the play ground and staff counting the children as the children walked inside. Based on unusual incident report received and interviews conducted child C1 was left alone outside on the play ground for approximately 15 minutes, and was not observed to be missing by staff until C1's parent came to pick C1 up from the facility and saw C1 alone on the play ground crying. The following deficiency is being cited on the LIC809-D: 101229(a)(1) LPA Sims informed facility representative Tramiena McMahan that this report dated 10/9/25 documents one Type A citation(s) which shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there is an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. LPA Sims informed the facility representative to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 10/9/25 that documents any Type A citation(s) 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 representative Tramiena McMahan. Appeal Rights were provided. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100.