Achievers

101216(g)(2) · Personnel Requirements (2) Each person specified in (g) above shall have a health-screening report signed by the person performing the screening. This report shall indicate the following

Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of three staff files. Staff S2 did not have a health screening on file. S2 stated during interview that she has not completed a health screening within 1 year of her date of employment, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 08/29/2025

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101230(c) · 101230 Activities (c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center.

Director Heather Peters stated that she will provide a written statement regarding her understanding of the teacher ratios during nap time and when the available staff must step in to meet the requirements by 06/27/24. Based on LPA’s observation and interview, on 03/20/24 at 2:05pm, S1 was supervising 23 children in the Butterflies nap room, with more than one child awake on their nap mats without a teacher immediately available at the center to join S1 to meet the ratio requirements, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care.

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101161(a) · 101161 Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation.

Director, Heather Peters stated that she will submit a written statement about the facilities policy regarding children of staff by 06/27/24. Based on interviews conducted children C1, C2 & C4 have been observed playing on the playground with the children enrolled on more than one occasion and are not enrolled at the facility or do not meet the limitations specified on the license, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to the children in care.

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101170(e)(2) · 101170(e)All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility:(2) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f)

Licensee associated S4 and S5 to the facility and sent proof to LPA during the visit. Director stated that she and the Licensee will create a written procedure for associating employee fingerprint clearances to the facility, including how to verify that it has been completed, sending the written procedure to LPA Strother by 03/27/24. amy.strother@dss.ca.gov Based on observation, record review, and interview the licensee did not associate 2 of 6 staff criminal record clearances to the facility. S4 and S5’s criminal record clearances were not transferred to the facility prior to the first day of employment, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101239(n) · Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies (n) Furniture and equipment shall be maintained in good condition, free of sharp, loose or pointed parts.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, multiple areas of the physical plant were not in good condition. The area above children's sink near the diaper changing area had exposed dry wall, metal strip along outside doors was separating from doors, exposing a screw on one door. Outdoor play equipment (space ship, red car, and steering wheel) had areas of deteriorating or splinted wood. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in maintaining the named areas above in good condition, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 01/19/2024

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101226(e)(1)(B) · Health-Related Services (e) In centers where the licensee chooses to handle medications: (1) All prescription and nonprescription medications shall be centrally stored in accordance with the requirements specified below: (B) Each container shall have an unaltered label.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in stored medication for two children, C6 and C7. C6 and C7's medication did not contain it's original packaging or a label with instructions from the physician, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 01/19/2024

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101212(d)(1)(C) · 101212 ...during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by… next working day... In addition, a written report…shall be submitted to the Department within seven days...(1)Events reported shall include the following: (C)Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child.

Licensee and Director will watch the Child Care Center Reporting Requirements Video on CCLD’s website: https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/child-care-reporting-requirements/ and then send to CCL the signatures declaring that the video as been viewed and a written procedure for how reporting will be handled in the future. Based on interview and record review D1 was aware of an incident on 1/17/23 where Child 2 (C2) was left outside unsupervised for 17 minutes and found by a parent passing by on the other side of the fence who alerted staff, but did not report it to the Department and did not submit a written incident report timely as required. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. The signed document will be submitted to CCL by 5/15/23 to amy.strother@dss.ca.gov SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101700.3(b)(1) · 101700.3(b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance.

D1 has made faucet “C” inaccessible and has posted the lead testing results. D1 stated faucet "C" will be replaced, flushed and retested submitting results to amy.strother@dss.ca.gov by 03/09/23 . Based on record review, the facility had one faucet (Site “C”), that exceeded that allowable levels of lead in the water (65 ppb). This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. D1 stated children in care are receiving drinking water from individual water bottles from home that staff will refill from faucets "A", "B" or "D" - "F" as needed, until faucet "C" is remediated. D1 will notify parents or authorized representatives of the lead exceedance and plans for remediation. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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