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Department of
SOCIAL SERVICES

Community Care Licensing


COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 573615888
Report Date: 06/10/2026
Date Signed: 06/10/2026 10:39:03 AM

Substantiated


STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO S. CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
04/07/2026 and conducted by Evaluator Corina Beckby
COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 53-CC-20260407102248
FACILITY NAME:PALAFOX, EVAFACILITY NUMBER:
573615888
ADMINISTRATOR:PALAFOX, EVAFACILITY TYPE:
810
ADDRESS:TELEPHONE:
(530) 321-9690
CITY:WEST SACRAMENTOSTATE: CAZIP CODE:
95605
CAPACITY:14CENSUS: 1DATE:
06/10/2026
UNANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
09:30 AM
MET WITH:Eva Palafox TIME COMPLETED:
11:00 AM
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Licensee engaged in unusual punishment of a day care child
INVESTIGATION FINDINGS:
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Corina Beckby and Elizabeth Santiago met with Licensee, Eva Palafox, to deliver findings for the above complaint allegation. Present in the home was licensee caring for 1 preschool child. It was alleged that Licensee engaged in unusual punishment of a day care child.

Throughout the investigation, LPA Beckby toured the facility, observed interactions with children in care, conducted interviews with staff, parents, children and obtained pertinent documents, and video.

The Department received information of an incident in which a child (C1) was made to walk half a mile, alone in the heat in soiled clothes, as a form of punishment, while
Substantiated
Estimated Days of Completion:
SUPERVISORS NAME: Bettina Engelman
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Corina Beckby
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.
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Control Number 53-CC-20260407102248
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO S. CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827

FACILITY NAME: PALAFOX, EVA
FACILITY NUMBER: 573615888
DEFICIENCY INFORMATION FOR THIS PAGE:
VISIT DATE: 06/10/2026
Deficiency Type
POC Due Date /
Section Number
DEFICIENCIES
PLAN OF CORRECTIONS(POCs)
Type A
06/11/2026
Section Cited
CCR
102423(a)(4)
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102423 Personal Rights (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived...(4)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment…humiliation… or other actions of a punitive nature… This requirement was not met, as evidenced by:
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Licensee shall submit a written plan on how she will honor children's personal rights by POC due date June 11, 2026. The plan will include watching training video “Children’s Personal Rights in
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Based on interviews, and documentation received, the Licensee did not comply with the above regulation, which poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of children in care.
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Child Care" from department website https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/family-child-care-providers/.
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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: Bettina Engelman
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Corina Beckby
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
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Control Number 53-CC-20260407102248
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO S. CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
FACILITY NAME: PALAFOX, EVA
FACILITY NUMBER: 573615888
VISIT DATE: 06/10/2026
NARRATIVE
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Licensee drove alongside C1. Consistent statements were received throughout the investigation confirming the incident occurred. Licensee stated the incident did not happen and can’t remember anytime that it would happen.

LPAs discussed Personal Rights of the children with the facility representative.
Based on the information received the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. See attached LIC 9099D page for deficiency cited today under Title 22 Division 12 of the CA Code of Regulations.

LPA Beckby informed Licensee, Eva Palafox that this report dated June 10, 2026, documents 1 (one) Type-A citation which shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there was immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
LPA Beckby informed the Licensee to provide a copy of this licensing report dated June 10, 2026 that documents any Type-A citation to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification.

Exit interview was conducted and this report and Appeal of Rights were reviewed and provided to Licensee, Eva Palafox. Notice of Site Visit was posted and must remain posted on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior side of the main door for 30 days.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Bettina Engelman
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Corina Beckby
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 06/10/2026
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