County of Sond*

( ): Although some minors' rights had been occasionally Carl Vanden Heuvel, Director violated, the scope, severity and frequency of these violations Fisc-Ops Division were not critical and the Home quickly and appropriately tel (707) 565-5855 corrected these violations. fax (707) 565-5890 The Department does not agree that "some minors' rights had been occasionally violated." There were instead instances of non-compliance with State regulations that were corrected when directed to do so by Community Care Licensing. The Department agrees that "the scope, severity and frequency of these" issues "were not critical and the Home quickly and appropriately corrected" them. 3600 Westwind Boulevard Post Office Box 1539 Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1539 Letter to Kenneth J. Gnoss August 20, 2015

( ): Administrative staff of the Sonoma County Department of Human Services and the Home are cooperative with and receptive to being evaluated by outside agencies. The initial printed release of the Grand Jury Report incorrectly refers to the Department as the "Health Department". This has been corrected in the on-line version to the "Human Services Department". The Department agrees that Administrative staff of the Home are cooperative with and receptive to being evaluated by outside agencies.