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25 | On 05/09/22, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Liana Stepanyan and Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Mariela Ramon conducted a Case Management Inspection. Upon arrival LPA and LPM were greeted by Licensee who guided LPA and LPM on a tour of the facility. LPA and LPM observed 3 children in care with 2 staff members.
The purpose of this inspection is to notify the licensee of information obtained by the Department. The Department learned that on 03/30/22, licensee contacted day care parents to pick up their children while staff from the Department were conducting interviews with day care children. Licensee admitted intentionally contacting day care parents in order to prevent LPAs from conducting interviews to pick up the children early. As of result, LPAs were unable to conduct children’s interviews.
The Department obtained Resource and Referral time sheets of children enrolled during the months of January, February, and March 2022 reflecting child #4, #5, and #6 currently attending the facility. Based on interviews conducted with children’s parents it was disclosed children stopped attending the facility one to two years ago.
On 03/30/22, the Department interviewed licensee and licensee’s assistant to determine the authentication of a voice recorder that was recorded at the facility of the licensee making statements. Licensee and licensee’s assistant initially denied it was the licensee’s voice in the recording. On 03/31/22, licensee contacted the Department and admitted that it was her voice in the same recording. |