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25 | On 8/14/24 at 10:30 am Licensing Program Manager (LPM), Joelle Redding, and Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Gerald Poindexter conducted an in-person office meeting with licensee, Oscar Marin III, and Margarita Gonzalez, Elizabeth Becker, Susana Marin, center director, supervisor, and administrator, respectively. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss Child Care Licensing (CCL) expectations and the facility’s recent citation history.
Between 4/4/24 and 7/16/24, the facility received one Type A citation with an immediate $500 civil penalty under sections 101229 (a)(1) for allowing a child to be left without supervision. Also, there were 7 type B citations for care and supervision (outdoors and indoors), staff qualifications, teacher-child ratio, staff training, furniture hazard, admissions agreements, and reporting requirements. Licensee completed all Plan of Corrections by their due dates.
LPA recommended that facility representatives sign up for Quarterly Updates and Provider Information Notices (PIN’s). Facility representatives were also provided with handouts:
· General Health & Safety Information – Safety of Children in Child Care Facilities/Care and Supervision
· Best Practices How to Prevent Children from Leaving a Child Care Facility Due to a Lack of Supervision
· CCL Self-Assessment guides for centers
Facility representatives were referred to CCL instructional videos: https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/. It is recommended that licensee and staff review the videos including, but not limited to:
· Supervising Children in Child Care Centers
· Teacher-To-Child Ratios in Child Care Centers
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