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25 | On 05/31/2022 at 1:00 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Miriam Cohen conducted an announced Pre-Licensing inspection. The purpose of the visit was to ensure that health, safety and personal rights, as required by Title 22 Regulations governing California Family Child Care Homes, will be met by Shama Rashid, applicant. This is a new application located at 1742 257th Street Lomita, CA 90717. Applicant applied for a Small Family Child Care Home with maximum capacity of eight children. LPA met with applicant and was guided on a tour of the home, indoor and outdoor. LPA did not observe any children in care during this inspection. Per applicant, the residents in the home includes applicant and four biological children (16-year-old daughter, five-year son, four- year old son, and two- year son). LPA reviewed the facility sketch (indoor and outdoor) and it was observed to match the physical plant of the home. Applicant's home is a two story three-bedroom, two- and a half bathroom home with a kitchen, dining room, living room, back yard and a detached garage. The primary childcare area of the home shall be in the living room and dining room, located downstairs. The children will utilize the bathroom on the lower level of the home. LPA inspected the bathroom and did not observe any medications, toxins or cleaning compounds that would pose a risk to children in care. The off-limit areas of the home include the following: all upstairs (three bedrooms and two bathrooms), kitchen, and the garage. A safety gate is installed at the bottom of the stairs and one on top of the stairs, making upstairs inaccessible to day care children. Applicant was informed that where children less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded. The home was inspected for safety, comfort, cleanliness, telephone service, heating and ventilation, inaccessibility to poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, and hazardous items that can pose a danger to children. Hazardous materials in the kitchen and bathroom are inaccessible to children. All poisons are locked. According to the applicant, there are no weapons or firearms at the home; LPA did not observe any firearms or weapons at the time of the inspection. LPA did not observe pets in the facility. The outdoor play area shall be conducted in the back yard. LPA did not observe any debris or hazards that would pose a risk to children in care. LPA did not observe bodies of water. |