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Community Care Licensing


FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT

Facility Number: 198006098
Report Date: 10/01/2019
Date Signed: 10/01/2019 11:06:05 AM

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 1000 CORPORATE CENTER DR 200B
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754
FACILITY NAME:RANCHO LOS AMIGOS CHILDREN'S CENTERFACILITY NUMBER:
198006098
ADMINISTRATOR:HELIA CASTELLONFACILITY TYPE:
850
ADDRESS:7755 GOLONDRINAS STREETTELEPHONE:
(562) 401-7981
CITY:DOWNEYSTATE: CAZIP CODE:
90242
CAPACITY:59CENSUS: 0DATE:
10/01/2019
TYPE OF VISIT:OfficeUNANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
10:00 AM
MET WITH:Sr.District Leader, District Leader, & Center DirectorTIME COMPLETED:
11:10 AM
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An Informal Supervisory meeting was held at Monterey Park SW Child Care Regional Office on 10/01/2019. Present at this meeting were; Trevino Cochran, Licensing Program Manager (LPM), Tiffanie Tran, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), and Lourdes Cruz, District Leader, Jane Kim-Ware, Sr. District Leader, and Helia Castellon, Center Director. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss concerns the Department had with the operation of the facility.

LPM started the meeting discussion which indicating that this is the first office meeting held with the Center Director. Then, she addressed the following;

Infant License- 198006099
1. On 05/17/19, the facility had an incident involved a child was standing next to the infant wooden
table attempting to push himself up then slipped and bumped his forehead on the edge of the
wooden chair sustained a bruise on the forehead.
2. On 12/06/18, unqualified staff supervised the toddler’s children.
3. On 04/02/19, facility self- reported that the toddler classroom was over ratio for the duration of
approximately 2 hours.
4. On 02/26/19, 02/27/19, & -3/5/19 Director stated that the center was out of ratio by 2 infants.
5. On 3/15/19 teacher's aide was left with 11 napping children and one child awake.
6. On 09/05/19, a substantiated complaint allegation for child bit another child in care.
7. On 02/13/18, a toddler was left unsupervised in that play yard without adults supervision.
8. On 05/04/18, staff mishandled two infants in care.
9. On 01/08/18, a substantiated complaint allegation for director allowed uncleared adults to
care and supervision to day-care children.
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SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Trevino CochranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Tiffanie TranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.
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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, 1000 CORPORATE CENTER DR 200B
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754
FACILITY NAME: RANCHO LOS AMIGOS CHILDREN'S CENTER
FACILITY NUMBER: 198006098
VISIT DATE: 10/01/2019
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5. View (Parents and resources videos) that are available on the department
website at ccld.childrenvideos.org
6. Refer to Technical Support Program
7. Training requirement may be met by using the Department’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention
(OCAP) online training modules. Website: www.mandatedreporterca.com

Center Director indicated the following;
Center Director agrees to operation her child care center in substantial compliance with all licensing regulations at all times.
On a monthly basis Center Director conduct on site training with the center staff.
Center staff is responsible to attend training from the outside sources.
Continuing recruiting new hiring staff for extra support
Facility have launched Kinder App. accessible to parents in the Infant license to increase monitoring.
An Exit interview was conducted, and a copy of this report was provided to the noted person.





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SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Trevino CochranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Tiffanie TranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
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, 1000 CORPORATE CENTER DR 200B
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754
FACILITY NAME: RANCHO LOS AMIGOS CHILDREN'S CENTER
FACILITY NUMBER: 198006098
VISIT DATE: 10/01/2019
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Preschool License-

1. On 6/19/19, the facility had an incident involved a child sustained a bump on his nose due
to miss his footing going up the steps.
2. On 05/21/19, during outside play, child went inside to use the bathroom without the teacher
supervision type B deficiency was issued.
3. On 05/29/19, type B was issued for expired milk.
4. On 3/27/19, during transition to go outside, child tripped on his own shoe fell backward bumped
his head on a cubby and sustained an open wound. Child had two staples wound closure.
5. On 02/25/19 & 02/27/19, facility was out of ratio by one child.
6. On 02/22/19, a substantiated complaint allegation for children were not given a morning snack.
7. On 12/09/18, the facility had an incident involved a child fell off a play structure onto the rubber
matting and sustained an injury to his arm.
8. On 10/08/18, a substantiated complaint allegation for staff was not aware her child was left
outside with another class.
9. On 07/17/18, expired food found in the refrigerator.
10. On 2/13/18, child had wandered into the toddler yard.
11. On 04/27/18, a substantiated complaint allegation for director allowed uncleared adults to
provide care and supervision to day-care children.

LPM advised the following;
1. A need for Center Director to follow through with a plan of correction to ensure the
non-occurrence of any of the previously cited deficiencies.
2. Licensee will conduct monthly training with staff regarding the compliance with the
regulations.
3. Facility will be place in increase monitoring. (one year) 4. Review Quarterly Update available on the department website ccld.ca.gov.

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SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Trevino CochranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Tiffanie TranTELEPHONE: (323) 981-3350
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/01/2019
LIC809 (FAS) - (06/04)
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