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25 | On 04/11/2024, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Ka Vang and Yesenia Fierro arrived at the facility unannounced to conduct a Case Management-Other inspection. The purpose today’s inspection was to follow-up information that reported to the Fresno Community Care Licensing Office on 04/08/2024. LPAs met with Licensee Esther Navarro who speaks Spanish. An inspection tour of the facility was conducted, and census was taken. LPAs explained to Licensee that LPAs are following-up information that was received in the Fresno Community Care Licensing Office.
During the Case Management-Other inspection, LPAs explained to Licensee that our office received information indicated that Staff #2 (S2) was assisting with her daycare who did not have background clearance. During the interview, Licensee stated that Staff #2 was in the daycare home on 04/08/2024.
On 04/10/2024, LPA Ka Vang arrived at the daycare home and observed Staff #3 (S3) was in the home who was also not background cleared. Per interview with Licensee and S3, S3 was working at the daycare home since 04/09/2024. Licensee stated that S3 completed her background cleared on 04/09/2024. Based on the record that Licensee provided to LPA, S3 started her background clearance on 04/10/2024; however, LPA conducted record review via Guardian, S3 was not background clear and associate with the facility.
Based record review, observation, and interview, Staff #2 and Staff #3 who were 18 year olds and over did not obtain a criminal record clearance or exemption, or transfer their existing clearance or exemption, prior to initial presence in this daycare home. During today’s inspection visit, a deficiency of Type A was cited and acivil penalty of $300 was assessed as this regulation was violated.
Per Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations, the following deficiency is being cited during today’s inspection. (See next page, LIC809-D).
(Continued on LIC809-C). |