Complaint Investigation Report
On 06/18/2025, 3 staff members (S1 – S3) and the Administrator were interviewed.
S1 states that there was one time around May 2025 when the staff’s paycheck was running late. S1 stated that he/she desperately needed to send money to his/her family member for school. S1 stated that the staff were talking about their paycheck being late in the dining room when R1 overheard and offered to loan S1 $200. S1 admitted to taking the money that R1 offered and paid R1 pack with a $50 interest about 3 days after. S1 denied asking R1 for money. S1 states that it only happened once and denied borrowing money from R1 on other occasions.
S1 states that R1 likes to go shopping and if R1 doesn’t like the clothing, R1 sells them to the staff. S1 states that he/she has bought clothes from R1. S1 states that he/she bought a clothing item from R1 amounting to $25. S1 stated to have paid R1 $15 but still owed R1 $10. S1 states that R1 was okay with it and stated that S1 can pay R1 back later. S1 states that R1 likes to make money in the facility and the staff support it.
S2 denied ever taking or asking for money from any resident and denied R1 loaning him/her any money.
S3 stated that R1 buys him/her a vape at least once a month or when he/she runs out and pays R1 back whenever he/she receives a paycheck. S3 stated that he/she would pay R1 extra money on top of the price of the vape to pay for R1’s gas. S3 denied owning any money to R1. S3 also stated that about 2-3 months ago, S3 asked R1 for money because his/her paycheck was late. S3 stated that R1 loaned him/her $100 and when S3 received his/her paycheck about 6-7 days after, S3 gave R1 the money owed plus interest of $50 totaling $150.
On 06/18/2025, resident (R1) was interviewed. Based on interview, R1 denied any staff asking R1 for money and denied any staff taking money from R1 without his/her consent. R1 stated that he/she voluntarily loaned his/her money to 3 staff members (S1 – S3) because R1 felt bad that their paycheck was late. R1 denied staff asking him/her to loan money and stated to have voluntarily offered his/her money on his/her own doing. R1 states that the 3 staff members that he/she loaned money to paid R1 back, and denied any staff currently owing R1 money. R1 denied receiving more money than what was initially loaned. R1 stated to voluntarily buy a staff (S3) a vape from the smoke shop because they have a good friendship. R1 stated that S3 has also given him/her money to buy a vape when R1 goes to the smoke shop. Page 2 Out of 3.
Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. Methodology · Report a correction