1 minor finding across 3 visits. Latest visit Oct 21, 2025, no findings.
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Sep 3, 2024InspectionMinorPersonnel records incompleteCalifornia: Personnel Records · Type BCorrection due Sep 10, 2024
“Based on LPAs observation, interview with Site Supervisor and record review, revealed all three staff files were either incomplete or there was no file available at the time of the inspection, which poses/posed a potential health, safety…”California CCLD inspector, Sep 3, 2024 report. Quoted verbatim.
1finding in 36 months0verified corrected by California0corrected during the visit1with a plan or deadline only
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Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara Co.
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Jun 2, 2022Complaint investigation · substantiated
2 findings
Personal Rights
Critical
Based on interviews conducted, the center failed to ensure the child's personal rights were not violated. Children constantly aggressively hitting, spitting, and cursing at the children, and the staff. The staff have to run to protect the day-care children and act as a shield, while being hit by the aggressive child. Child #1 has destroyed the playground on
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Site Supervisor will submit a written plan on how they will ensure children's personal rights are not violated and ensure the environment is safe. Submit the written plan to CCL by 6/3/2022. two (2) separate occasions throwing toys, books, up rooting plants and attempting to hit day-care children, and staff. Child #2 stands on top of the play structure. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients/children in care.
Standard 101223(a)(1) · Personal Rights
State severity
Type A
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Jun 3, 2022
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:426200008:2022-06-02:101223(a)(1):1
Visit source ID
ca:426200008:2022-06-02:report
Standard 101212
Minor
submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement is not met as evidence by: The facility failed to report the
incident(s) of children bullying, hitting and
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Recorded plan of correction
Site Supervisor will submit a written plan on how they will ensure to report all unusual incidents to CCLD within 24 hours of the incident, and submit a written report within 7 days of the incident by 6/10/2022.
Martina.Jimenez@dss.ca.gov injuries to Community Care Licensing (CCL). This poses a potential health & safety risk to children in care.
Standard 101212
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Jun 10, 2022
Technical assistance
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Finding source ID
ca:426200008:2022-06-02:101212:1
Visit source ID
ca:426200008:2022-06-02:report
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