This is a two story house with 4 bedrooms, 2 and ½ bathrooms, living room, kitchen, dining area, laundry room and garage and backyard. Family members residing in the home include one adult (Applicant).

The facility will operate Monday through Saturday from 4AM – 6PM for less than 24 hours and with a license capacity of 8 children. LPA went over the childcare ratios for a small family home with applicant and provided applicant with a copy.

Main Care Area: Main care will be provided in the living room area, dining area and backyard. Children will nap and eat in the living room. Per applicant, she will most likely apply for a food program. The day care children will utilize the bathroom located next to the laundry area. Children will use the backyard for outdoor play time. LPA observed day care area to be clean and orderly, central air and heating, age-appropriate toys and play equipment. There is a designated area for ill/sick children in the living room. Children will nap in the living room and will use mats.

Off-Limit Areas: The front yard, 4 bedrooms , bathroom #2 and #3, kitchen and attached garage. LPA observed door safety knob in all off limit bedrooms. LPA observed a child safety gate installed at the stairs

Kitchen: LPA observed the kitchen area to be free of hazards. LPA also observed two child safety gates installed in both entrances in the kitchen. Applicant safety latched the kitchen drawers and kitchen cabinets. The following are inaccessible: Sharp items are stored in a latched in upper kitchen cabinet inaccessible to children in care. LPA observed the refrigerator and freezer to be clean. LPA discuss with applicant food shall be properly stored or refrigerated in container that are labeled with child’s name when supplied by parent. Applicant do not have a food program at this time but will be joining a food program in the future.

Backyard/Outdoor areas: LPA toured the backyard and observed it to be all fenced in with wooden fence. There are no pets in the home. There are no pools or bodies of water on the premises. LPA observed a number of nails in the fence that need to be removed.

Stairs: The stairs that give access to the second floor of the facility was properly barricaded with a child safety gate.

Medications/ Hazardous Materials: Medications are located in the off-limits bedroom inaccessible by child safety gate in the stairs. Cleaning compounds were observed to be located in the kitchen, secured with a safety latch and baby gate in the kitchen and in the laundry area in an upper cabinet.

Advisory/Other: Applicant First Aid/CPR are current. Preventative Health & Safety training is completed. Applicant is aware to supervise infants while they are sleeping by physically checking every 15 minutes and documenting the infant’s status. Applicant should refer to regulation 102425(J) for documentation requirement. If the infant’s Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)] does not have Section C completed, the provider shall return the infant to their back for sleeping.

LPA discussed the safe sleep regulations with applicant, including Safe Sleep PIN 20-24-CCP and discussed the Child Care Licensing Safe Sleep webpage at https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing/public-information-and-resources/safe-sleep as an additional resource. LPA also informed applicant of the importance of checking for recalled infant devices on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website at https://www.cpsc.gov/ and recommended they register all infant devices with the CPSC to be notified of any recalls on their purchased equipment.

Provider Information Notices (PINs) & Child Care Advocates: You can now sign up for Quarterly Updates on Rules, Regulations, Policies and PINs for one or more programs through our DSS website at https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/community-care-licensing/subscribe Applicant was informed all forms pertaining to Child Care Licensing can be found at https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/forms-brochures/forms-alphabetic-list/i-l

Child Care Advocates Program: Provides information and resources about licensed childcare. www.childcareadvocatesprogram@cdss.ca.gov

Incidental Medical Services (IMS): IMS policy was discussed, informing applicant when any IMS is provided, a plan for providing IMS must be submitted to the Department prior to providing care to a child that need IMS. The plan shall state the type of IMS the facility will be offering, stating the person providing care has been trained to provide the named IMS. The plan will also provide the steps that will be taken when IMS is provided to a child.

Applicant was reminded that all adults 18 and over living or working in the home, including employees and volunteers, must obtain a criminal record clearance or exemption, or transfer their existing clearance or exemption, prior to initial presence in a licensed Family Child Care Home. A civil penalty of $100.00 minimum/day up to $500.00 maximum per day/per person will be assessed if this regulation is violated.

Applicant was advised of the requirement to report unusual incidents and/or injuries to the parent/guardian and Licensing within 24 hours of incident by telephone and in writing within 7 days of incident to the department. Applicant was informed all suspected Child Abuse should be reported to the Child Abuse Hot-line at 1-800-540-4000. The above incident should be reported on the form LIC624B per the regulation. The form should be email to unusualincidentreport@dss.ca.gov

Based on LPA's observations, the facility is not yet in compliance with Tittle 22 Regulations, the following must be address before issuing a license:

Exposed nails in the backyard fence must be removed

Exit interview conducted copy of this report was provided to applicants along with notice of site visit.