101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children’s needs…(1) Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and observation, staff did not have a 360-degree view of the child, which poses/posed a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
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Based on interviews and observation, staff did not have a 360-degree view of the child, which poses/posed a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision....(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time ...This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Through staff interviews and records reviewed, it was confirmed child #1 and child #2 left the playground through a unsecured gate in the play yard. Children were found by another staff. Another incident occurred where a child was left in play yard while their class was inside, this poses an immediate Health, Safety, and/or personal rights risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 24, 2024
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Official CA class
Type A deficiency
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CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
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101229(a)(1)
Medium concern: Incident records
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Reporting Requirements(d)Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event.This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on records reviewed & Interviews conducted, Facility did not report incidents to the parents/Guardians of children in care. Incidents were also not reported to the Fresno Regional Office. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children.
Staff-Infant Ratio (1) An aide may be substituted for a teacher when...(A) There is a fully qualified teacher directly supervising no more than 12 infants. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: During observation of infant/toddler areas, there were 14 children present and only one fully-qualified staff supervising 3 aides. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by September 2, 2021
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101416.5(b)(1)(A) - 101416.5(b)(1)(A)
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101416.5(b)(1)(A)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (B) Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes and document the following: 1. Labored breathing. 2. Signs of distress... 3. Infants up to 12 months of age who are sleeping in a position other than on their back. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, 15 minute checks were not being completed and documented for infants 12-24 months of age. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 26, 2021
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101429(a)(2)(B) - 101429(a)(2)(B)
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101429(a)(2)(B)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants; Infants up to 12 months of age who are sleeping in a position other than on their back. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, one infant was observed sleeping on stomach and did not have a completed and updated LIC 9227 on file indicating that infant is able to roll over. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children.