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25 | On August 18, 2023 at approximately 2:00 pm, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Cowan conducted an announced, case management visit. LPA met with site director Hannah Choi and explained the purpose of the visit. Present in the facility is director, 1 staff, and 11 children in care. The case management visit is regarding an unusual incident that occurred on June 28, 2023. Licensee, Zoe Paul, self reported incident to CCLD on June 29, 2023.
At approximately 12:15 pm, a child was found to be missing during lunch time at the building courtyard. T1, T3, and director were present at the time. Director states that she believes the child exited the group during a transition from the courtyard bench to children sitting at the lunch table. Per director, Child exited the courtyard, through the Brannon St. door, and child headed toward the school when child was found by a security guard from the neighboring Air B n B company located across the street. Per director, one guard waited with child at the nearby pizza cafe while another guard went to the facility to see if the child belonged in care there. The child was retrieved by T2.
Per director, child's parents were informed of incident on the morning of June 29, 2023, and an email went out to all parents reporting the incident as well as inviting them to a Zoom meeting held on June 30, 2023 to discuss the incident.
A plan of correction was discussed with site director. Additional safety protocols were implemented by site director. Director states that licensee is preparing training for staff, but until then, staff are doing more frequent head count using name to face, staff are taking out smaller groups of children, and staff are writing down the names of children they are supervising outdoors.
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