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25 | Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Cortney Nelson, met with the Site Director, Alyssa Contreras, and explained the purpose of the visit. Upon arrival, LPA was admitted into the facility by office staff.
The facility has indicated that the infant director is Macie Villegas, however, has not indicated who the assistant infant director is. Per Section 101415.1 an assistant director shall be present and on duty if there are more than 25 infants in attendance. The facility is licensed for a capacity of 80 infants and frequently has more than 25 infants in attendance. LPA additionally reminded that when a director is absent for more than 30 consecutive calendar days, the substitute director shall meet the qualifications of a director. The name of the director or change in the child care center designee shall additionally be reported to the Department within 10 days of the change.
During observation of classroom 22, LPA Nelson and LPA Mandeep Kaur observed that staff members were not completing infant nap logs on 3/12/2024 and 1/9/2024. Nap logs were observed in the classroom for infants, however, were not actively completed every 15 minutes for infants that were sleeping. LPAs observed staff member completed the log once the infant awoke from their nap, however no physical checks were made while LPAs were present in the classroom. The cribs are located behind a wall in the classroom, making visibility of the infants while napping limited without moving closer to the cribs themselves. Additionally, mobiles were observed to be hanging over the cribs in classroom 22 and LPA advised that no objects shall be hanging above cribs per Section 101439.1.
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