Incident investigation·December 18, 2024

This is a continuation report from a case management incident report conducted on 12/18/24. An unannounced case management inspection was conducted today 12/18/24 at 8:21am by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Sydney Sims and Tammy Dutra. LPA met with licensee Charity Alcala. In response to an Unusual Incident Report received by the Department on 10/2/24, in regards to an inappropriate interaction between children C1 - C2. The licensee was interviewed on at 10/2/24 at 3:03pm and 10/9/24 at 8:36am and stated that on 10/2/24 at 10:10am an inappropriate interaction between child C1 - C2 occurred outside while the Licensee was helping other children get their shoes on. C1 \342\200\223 C2 were outside with the Licensee and the Licensee maintained required supervision. One child (C1) was interviewed on 10/9/24 and was unable to provide any information regarding the situation. One parent (P1) was interviewed on 11/09/24 at 2:02pm and stated that the P1 believes Licensee maintained supervision on the children when the incident occurred. During today\342\200\231s inspection, the facility was toured, and LPAs observed 7 children in care. Based interviews conducted and information obtained the Licensee provided the required supervision for children in care. There were no deficiencies cited during today\342\200\231s inspection. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the licensee