153808073-12-11-2020-04-CC-DMAA-BWCUSA-20201216145001

Community Care Licensing

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 153808073
Report Date: 12/11/2020
Date Signed: 12/11/2020 11:15:05 AM

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 1310 E. SHAW AVE,
FRESNO, CA 93710

This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
09/16/2020 and conducted by Evaluator Daniel Q Alvarez

PUBLIC

COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 04-CC-20200916130203

FACILITY NAME:	RIDGEVIEW CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL		FACILITY NUMBER:	153808073
ADMINISTRATOR:	VLAHOS, JENNIFER		FACILITY TYPE:	850
ADDRESS:	8420 STINE ROAD		TELEPHONE:	(661) 834-9796
CITY:	BAKERSFIELD	STATE: CA	ZIP CODE:	93313
CAPACITY:	96	CENSUS: 25	DATE:	12/11/2020
		UNANNOUNCED	TIME BEGAN:	10:15 AM
MET WITH:	Tammy Ratliff, Interim Director		TIME COMPLETED:	11:30 AM

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Staff hit day care child while in care.

INVESTIGATION FINDINGS:

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On 12/11/2020 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Daniel Alvarez conducted a follow-up complaint inspection at the facility to close a complaint investigation regarding the above allegations. Purpose of today’s report was to close the complaint investigation. LPA Alvarez met with Interim Director Ratliff and explained the above listed complaint allegations. The investigation consisted of interviews with the complainant, staff, and day-care parents as well as LPA reviewing facility records. This agency has investigated the complaint alleging Staff hit day care child while in care, although the aforementioned allegations may have happened, or are valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore the allegations are unsubstantiated.

Per Chapter 1, Division 12, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, no deficiencies were observed today.

Unsubstantiated

Estimated Days of Completion:

SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Duane Matsubara	TELEPHONE: (559) 650-7855
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Daniel Q Alvarez	TELEPHONE: (559) 341-8684
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:	DATE: 12/11/2020

I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.

FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 12/11/2020

This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.

LIC9099 (FAS) - (06/04)

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