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25 | On 08/05/2024 at 1:00 PM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Katrina Chicote conducted an Unannounced Case Management - Incident inspection to follow up on an incident that was reported to The Department on 07/01/2024. Upon arrival, LPA met with Office Staff, who granted entry to facility. LPA announced purpose of inspection and met with Facility Representative (FR) Ana Vidal, Principal. Census was taken.
On 07/01/2024, an incident was reported to The Department where child's Authorized Representative alleged that her child's personal rights were violated at the facility by staff member. The facility reported this incident to The Department within the required 24 hours and submitted a written report via email.
During this inspection LPA interviewed FR, who reported the incident to Licensing, and she stated that she followed LAUSD protocols in calling Law Enforcement Agency (South Gate PD), submitted SCAR report, and informed LAUSD Operations. South Gate PD arrived at the facility and notified FR to handle Administratively, no interviews were conducted by them. LPA reviewed documentation, which includes child's Parent's statements and other children's statements. FR states that staff and children interviews did not provide corroborating information, LPA review of statements are consistent with information provided by FR. FR states that they are not able to close it out at this time due to one final interview needing to be conducted. FR states they will update Licensing with a result of internal investigation once it has concluded. FR does state that she does not believe the allegation occurred at the facility based off of the interviews, child and staff's limited interaction, and that staff are never alone with a child. Based on the information obtained, there was no violation of personal rights at the facility at this time though there is pending additional information.
The facility was found in compliance per Title 22 regulations, there will be no deficiencies cited today, 08/05/2024.
A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days.
Exit interview was conducted and report was reviewed with the Facility Representative, Ana Vidal.
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