340309428-7-27-2022-03-CC-SDLA-CGSTKM-20220729144809

Community Care Licensing

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 340309428
Report Date: 07/27/2022
Date Signed: 07/27/2022 12:47:30 PM

Unsubstantiated

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 2525 NATOMAS PARK DR. STE.250
SACRAMENTO, CA 95833

This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
05/10/2022 and conducted by Evaluator Josiah Gathing

PUBLIC

COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 03-CC-20220510081104

FACILITY NAME:	SALVATION ARMY DAY CARE CENTER		FACILITY NUMBER:	340309428
ADMINISTRATOR:	LEONEL GUTIERREZ		FACILITY TYPE:	850
ADDRESS:	2540 ALHAMBRA BLVD		TELEPHONE:	(916) 469-4630
CITY:	SACRAMENTO	STATE: CA	ZIP CODE:	95817
CAPACITY:	72	CENSUS: 18	DATE:	07/27/2022
		UNANNOUNCED	TIME BEGAN:	09:00 AM
MET WITH:	Leonel Gutierrez		TIME COMPLETED:	01:00 PM

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Children are being inappropriately handled by staff.

Children are being yelled at by staff while in care.

INVESTIGATION FINDINGS:

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On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at approximately 9:00 AM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Josiah Gathing met with Program Director, Leonel Gutierrez, for the purpose of a complaint investigation and to deliver findings. It was alleged that children are being inappropriately handled by staff. It was also alleged that children are being yelled at by staff while in care. Throughout the course of the investigation, LPAs conducted interviews and made observations. LPAs did not observe any inappropriate interactions between staff and children during the investigation. Interviews with staff state that discipline policies involve calm communication, redirection, and parental intervention when other options are exhausted. There was conflicting information received in parent interviews regarding teacher interactions with children. Interviews with children did not reveal any evidence to support the allegations. Although the alleged violations may have happened or are valid, the preponderance of evidence standard has not been met to fully prove or disprove that they did or did not occur, therefore, they are unsubstantiated. An exit interview was conducted and a notice of site visit provided. Notice of site visit shall remain posted for 30 days.

Unsubstantiated

Estimated Days of Completion:

SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Seychelle De Luca
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Josiah Gathing
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:	DATE: 07/27/2022

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

FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 07/27/2022

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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