Complaint Investigation Report

The investigation revealed the following: in regards to the allegation " Staff member did not adequately supervise client while in care ", it is alleged that S1 was assigned to pick up both C1 and C2 from their homes between the dates of 9/12/2022 - 9/21/2022 and take them to their day program at Mount San Antonio College for day program, however instead of doing so S1 took them to S1's own house. During interviews around the time of the incident, C2 expressed that they did not go to school as intended and that they instead went to a residential area where C2 and C1 sat on the front yard of a house believed to be S1's before being taken back to their respective homes. C1 is non-verbal however the administrator of C1's home corroborated the allegation and explained that when asking C1 about his whereabouts between the dates of 9/12/2022 - 9/21/2022, C1 shook C1's head "no" when asked if he went to school and "yes" if he went to a home instead. During the interview with Director, the facility conducted their own investigation into the incident, and their internal investigation matched up with C1 and C2's allegations. Miriam stated that after bringing up the allegation with S1, S1 subsequently resigned. During interviews at the facility with C3 - C6, none of the clients had any knowledge of the incident or heard of any clients being taken to any staff worker's home instead of program. Interviews with S2 - S3 revealed that neither had spoken with S1 in the past and had not heard of any similar incident occurring within the facility. Additionally, the San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center conducted their own investigation into the allegation that S1 had not followed the activity calendar for C1 and C2 and instead took them to S1's own home, and their investigation was substantiated. Although it was determined that the facility staff member did not adequately supervise the clients while in care, there was no evidence indicating that C1 an C2 were left unsupervised during the incident.

Based on LPAs interviews conducted with the clients and staff, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the allegation is found SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 6, and Chapter 3 are being cited on the attached LIC9099D.

Exit interview held and a copy of the report and appeal rights was provided to the Program Director Miriam Maldonado.