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SOCIAL SERVICES

Community Care Licensing


COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 197495125
Report Date: 04/10/2024
Date Signed: 04/11/2024 09:24:49 AM

Substantiated


STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 300 CONTINENTAL BLVD. STE 290A
EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245
This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
04/03/2024 and conducted by Evaluator Judy Laureano
COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 30-CC-20240403144554
FACILITY NAME:FIRST FLIGHT BY LA PETITEFACILITY NUMBER:
197495125
ADMINISTRATOR:RENU VAN BATTUMFACILITY TYPE:
830
ADDRESS:9320 LINCOLN BLVDTELEPHONE:
(310) 568-2743
CITY:LOS ANGELESSTATE: CAZIP CODE:
90045
CAPACITY:56CENSUS: 33DATE:
04/10/2024
UNANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
02:08 PM
MET WITH:Gabby Romero- Facility DirectorTIME COMPLETED:
04:00 PM
ALLEGATION(S):
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Ratio: Facility is operating out of ratio.
Lack of Supervision: Staff do not provide adequate supervision to children in care.
INVESTIGATION FINDINGS:
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On 4/10/2024 Licensing Program Analysts (LPA) Judy Laureano and Tyra Chavies arrived at above mentioned facility for the purpose of investigating the above-mentioned allegation. Upon arrival, LPAs met with Gabby Romero, Facility Director and discussed the purpose of the visit. LPAs toured the facility and observed 33 children in care with 8 staff and director providing care and supervision.

During the initial inspection at 12:40 p.m., LPAs observed Infant 1 room, which had 3 children who were awake being supervised by one staff member who was on the floor with them and one teacher doing diaper change for 1 infant. Additionally, LPAs observed 2 sleeping children in the nap room, with a short door and see-through window. LPAs did not observe the sleeping infants to have a staff supervising them visually and auditorily. LPAs requested to review the current sleep log of the two sleeping infants and director confirmed that the log was not completed. Based on
LPAs observation of staff seated on the floor and the lack of documentation required for the sleep log, facility is not providing adequate visual and auditory supervision, citation was issued, please see LIC 9099D.

Substantiated
Estimated Days of Completion:
SUPERVISORS NAME: Claudia Escobedo
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Judy Laureano
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.
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Control Number 30-CC-20240403144554
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 300 CONTINENTAL BLVD. STE 290A
EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245

FACILITY NAME: FIRST FLIGHT BY LA PETITE
FACILITY NUMBER: 197495125
DEFICIENCY INFORMATION FOR THIS PAGE:
VISIT DATE: 04/10/2024
Deficiency Type
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DEFICIENCIES
PLAN OF CORRECTIONS(POCs)
Type A
04/10/2024
Section Cited
CCR
101429(a)(2)
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101429 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants
(a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply:
(2) Sleeping infant(s) shall be directly observed by sight and sound at all times.
This requierment was not met as evidence by:
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Facility agrees to discuss staff-infant ratio, review Teacher Child Ratio in Child Care Center Videos with all teachers and provide a sign in sheet and statement of understanding to LPA by 11/19/2024
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Based on LPAs observation of staff seated on the floor with 3 children, 1 staff with one child on the diaper changing station and 2 sleeping infants in the nap room and the lack of documentation required for the sleep log, facility is not providing adequate visual and auditory supervision.
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https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/teacher-child-ratios-in-child-care-centers/
Type A
04/10/2024
Section Cited
CCR
101416.5(b)
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101416.5 Staff-Infant Ratio
(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance.
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Facility agrees to develop and implement a plan to make sure that they have enough staff to meet the minimum ratio requirements during scheduled nap time.
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This requierment was not met evidence by: At approximately 1:55 p.m. LPAs observed 8 infants with 1 staff person left to supervise 5 napping children and 3 awake children. Facility is operating out of ratio.
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Failure to correct the cited deficiency(ies), on or before the Plan of Correction (POC) due date, may result in a civil penalty assessment.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Claudia Escobedo
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Judy Laureano
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
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Control Number 30-CC-20240403144554
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 300 CONTINENTAL BLVD. STE 290A
EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245
FACILITY NAME: FIRST FLIGHT BY LA PETITE
FACILITY NUMBER: 197495125
VISIT DATE: 04/10/2024
NARRATIVE
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At approximately 1:55 p.m. LPAs observed 8 infants with 1 staff person left to supervise 5 napping children and 3 awake children. Facility is operating out of ratio, Type A citation was issued, please see LIC 9099D.

LPA requested the following documents: children's roster, staff roster, name to face logs for January and February and parent handbook. Any documents not available during today’s inspection, director agrees to email LPAs.

Based on LPAs Laureano and Chavies’s observation of children in care, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegations are found to be SUBSTANTIATED.

Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Director Gabby Romero.

A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Claudia Escobedo
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Judy Laureano
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2024
LIC9099 (FAS) - (06/04)
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