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4141 W EL SEGUNDO BLVD, Hawthorne CA 90250 · License #197495378 · Center · Single Licensed Child Care Center
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101223(a)(1)(2) · 101223 (a)(2) Personal Rights (a) The Licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. (2)To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. Director and Licensee will hold an all staff meeting & view the personal rights video and discuss the importance of level of care, and submit a written action plan on their understanding of the above-mentioned.
as eviidenced by: LPA Clayton's interviews and documentation provided by the school which showed that the parent behaved inappropriately in the presence of children in care on at least 2 occasions, which posed a Health and Safety risk to children Director is to provide signatures/names of each staff members attendance to the department no later than October 27, 2025. Karren Starks NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Lisa Clayton NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 10/16/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101429(a)(1) · 101429 (a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply:(1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff Director wil train the staff on the regulation of Responsibility for Providing Care for infants. Staff will move around the classroom to better supervise and care for infants and during naptime to move every 15 minutes to check on each infant as they sleep. Staff will write what their take away is from the training. person at all times.
staff admitting and documentation observed noting staff had been sleep during the time that visual supervision was to be conducted Director will provide a sign in sheet, Staff will sign an acknowlegement understanding the regulation, Staff will watch the video on Care and Supervising.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(1)(3) · (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights 1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons.(3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain,..... . Director terminated ( S1) the day of the incident. Director will provide a training to all staff on Personal Rights Staff will watch the video on Cdss website.and write what their take away is. Director will provide Agenda and Sign in Sheets to reflect training.
(S1) disclosed during the interview I grabbed (C1) by the arm and bit him. I left a bite mark on his forearm. I don’t recall which arm. (S2) saw what I did, and she did not condone what I did. This is something that I never done in my life being a teacher. Karren Starks NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Doris Whitmore NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 08/13/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(1)(3) · 101223 (a)(1)(3) Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child...(1)To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff...(3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse... Director, assistant director, office staff and owners will watch the video on personal rights and write a summary of their knowledge regarding the video. Director will submit statements by POC date via email.
Interview statements from staff disclosing that a staff member was heard yelling a child in the Director's office. If not corrected, this poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101216.3(c)(1)(A)(B) · 101216.3(c)(1)(A)(B)(C)Teacher Child RatioChild development programs funded by the California Department of Education...(1) Section 18290 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations provides:Contractors shall maintain at least the following minimum ratios in all centers Director will read Title 22 section 101216.3(c)(1)(A)(B)(C) and discuss with owners and staff Title 5 and Title 22 Teacher Child Ratio. LPA is requesting a summary of Director's and Owners knowledge of Teacher Child Ratio for Title 5 and Title 22, submitted by POC date.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(3) · 101223(a)(3)Personal Rights(a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not... Director will train staff on being observant of all children around, near and opening/closing doors. Director will provide LPA a summary of the training with all the staff who attended the training by POC date.
During staff interviews, S3 admitted she accidentally close child's finger in the door hinge, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care Karren Starks NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Loyce Phillips NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 04/25/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101230(b)(3) · 101230(b)(3)Activities(b)All children shall be given an opportunity to nap or rest without....(3) No child shall be forced to stay awake or to stay in the napping area longer than the normal napping period.
Director will train staff on Title 22 section 101230(b)(3) activities in regards to sleep. Director will provide LPA with a summary of the training and all the staff who attended the training by POC date. During staff interviews, S1 stated C1 was having a hard time napping and kept moving away from his mat. S1 admitted to picking child up and physically placing him on his mat, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101212(d)(1)(C) · 101212(d)(1)(C)Reporting Requirements (d)...report shall be made to the Department...next working day... (1) Events reported...(C)Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child.
Director will review Title 22 101212(d)(1)(C) and watch video on reporting requirements and conduct a training with staff and write a summary of knowledge and understanding in regards to topic and submit to LPA by POC date via email, fax or mail. An unusual incident occurred at the facility on 2/19/2025 and parent reported to the Director on 2/20/2025. The facility reported incident to CCLD on 2/24/2025. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. Karren Starks NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Loyce Phillips NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 04/25/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101223(a)(1)(2)(3) · 101223(a)(1)(2)(3) Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(1)To be accorded dignity...(2)To be accorded safe, healthful...(3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain.
Director will have a training with teachers, support staff and adminstrative staff every month for the next six months to discuss Personal Rights. Director will send a summary of what was discussed in the training by POC date. S1 and S3 disclosed that a child was hit by a half door in the classroom. Staff have witness other staff arguing in the presence of children and staff do not monitor child's illness. If not corrected, this poses a potetnial health and safety risk to children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
101416.2(a)(b) · 101416.2(a)(b) Infant Care Teacher Qualifications (a)Notwithstanding Section 101216.1, the following shall apply:(b)Prior to employment, an infant care teacher shall have completed, with passing grades...
Director will check and verify that all staff will have proper qualifications before hired continuously. LIC 9095 shall be completed by POC date. S1 did not have infant and toddler units and was allowed to care for infants, act as a lead teacher and supervise 2 other staff. If not corrected, this poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101229(a)(1) · 101229(a)(1)101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision...(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,.... Supervision shall include visual observation. Staff will conduct constant visual observations of children while playing on the playground at all times. Director will have a training with all staff to discuss responsibility for providing care and supervion to children in care and submit to the department by POC date.
Based on staff interview statements, staff did provide visual observation which led C1 and C2 to demonstrate serious inappropriate behavior. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Karren Starks
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101212(d)(1)(C) · 101212 Reporting Requirements (d)...report shall be made to the Department...next working day... (1) Events reported...(C)Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child.
Director will review reporting requirements, conduct a training with staff and write a summary of knowledge and understanding in regards to topic and submit to LPA by POC date via email, fax or mail. An unusual incident occurred at the facility on 9/5/2024 at approximately 10:00am. The Director at that time reported the incident to CCLD on 9/6/2024 at approximately 2:00pm. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Karren Starks
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.