304371048-6-10-2019-06-CC-SHAS-BCZTGV-20190610144344

Community Care Licensing

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT

Facility Number: 304371048
Report Date: 06/10/2019
Date Signed: 06/10/2019 02:43:49 PM

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 750 THE CITY DRIVE, SUITE 250
ORANGE, CA 92868

FACILITY NAME:	CASA ALEGRIA		FACILITY NUMBER:	304371048
ADMINISTRATOR:	THOMAS, JOY		FACILITY TYPE:	840
ADDRESS:	1060 PAULARINO AVE ROOMS A & B		TELEPHONE:	(714) 650-9452
CITY:	COSTA MESA	STATE: CA	ZIP CODE:	92626
CAPACITY:	35	CENSUS:	DATE:	06/10/2019
TYPE OF VISIT:	Office	UNANNOUNCED	TIME BEGAN:	01:30 PM
MET WITH:	Joy Thomas		TIME COMPLETED:	02:45 PM

NARRATIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	An Informal Meeting was conducted on this day in the Orange Regional Office. Present during the meeting were Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Rina Lopez, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) S. Hawkins, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Eileen Corral, and licensee Joy Thomas. The purpose of this informal meeting is to discuss an incident which occurred in 2017 regarding the welfare of a child. 7/27/17 Personnel Requirements - 101216(a) Child care center personnel shall be competent to provide the services necessary to meet the individual needs of children in care and shall at all times be employed in numbers of sufficient staff to meet those needs. -Staff failed to meet a student's needs when they had knowledge of the child's behavior. Staff failed to follow their own protocol, they left one staff alone with a student which allowed a situation to occur and resulted in an injury to the student. This compromised the welfare of the student. The facility representatives states that all staff have received crisis intervention training and they will ensure compliance with Title 22 Personnel Requirements 101216(a) . The licensee stated they continue to conduct monthly safety training, increased supervision and maintain ratios. Licensee expressed the need to diversify her program to possibly provide services to younger children to meet the needs of the community and family served. Facility was advised on how to receive notifications for quarterly updates and provided with Child Care Advocate contact information: childcareadvocatesprogram@dss.ca.gov.

SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Rina Lopez	TELEPHONE: (714) 703-2808
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Sherene Hawkins	TELEPHONE: (714) 703-2821
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:	DATE: 06/10/2019

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

FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2019

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

LIC809 (FAS) - (06/04)

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT (Cont)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 750 THE CITY DRIVE, SUITE 250
ORANGE, CA 92868

FACILITY NAME: CASA ALEGRIA	FACILITY NUMBER: 304371048
	VISIT DATE: 06/10/2019

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A copy of the 2016 “A Child Care Providers Guild to Safe Sleep” was provided to the facility representative.

English: https//www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/SIDS/Documents/SIDSchildcaresafesleep.pdf

Spanish: https//www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/SIDS/Documents/ChildCareProvSleepSPAN2011.pdf

AAP: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/sleep/Pages/A-Parents-Guide-to-Safe-Sleep.aspx

NIH: https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/safesleepbasics/environment/room/text_alternative

Safe to Sleep Campaign: https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/materials

· Always place infants on their backs for sleeping

· Use only a tight-fitting sheet on the crib or play yard mattress
· Do not hang any items from the crib or above the crib
· Keep all items, including blankets, out of the crib or play yard
· Pacifiers may be used as long as they do not have items attached to them
· Infants should not be swaddled or have any items covering them while sleeping
· The temperature of the room should be comfortable enough for an adult to wear a t-shirt and not be too hot or too cold

Provided was information about the E-Learning Modules available at https://ccld.childcarevideos.org

The following was also discussed with the Licensee:

I. The facility will be placed on more frequent visits for the next year.
II. The licensee was advised that it is her responsibility to know & understand Title 22 Regulations.
III. The licensee's facility must be in compliance at all times.
IV. The licensee was advised to check the Child Care Licensing web site at www.ccld.ca.gov for quarterly updates, training, forms and regulations.

Exit interview conducted with licensee, Joy Thomas who is in agreement with this report which documents this meeting.

SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Rina Lopez	TELEPHONE: (714) 703-2808
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Sherene Hawkins	TELEPHONE: (714) 703-2821
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:	DATE: 06/10/2019

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

FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2019

LIC809 (FAS) - (06/04)

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