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25 | At 10:15 a.m. Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Matthew Gallo met with applicant Dominique Youkhehpaz for the purpose of a prelicensing inspection. Applicant's husband was also present during the inspection.
All individuals subject to criminal background review have obtained a criminal record clearance. Licensee 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 intends to operate 9am-1pm Monday through Friday, and understands that they must be present at least 80% of day care hours. The facility is a 2 bedroom home on roughly 7 acres of land. The home consists of a living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom described as a nursery, and master bedroom. There are outbuildings on the property that include a studio, barn, two trailers, and wellhouse. Off-limit areas will include master bedroom and all outbuildings. Applicant understands that children must never enter these off-limit areas.
LPA toured the facility and conducted a full health and safety inspection. LPA observed functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. However, applicant did not have an appropriately sized 2A10-BC fire extinguisher. Cleaning materials, hazardous items, and medications are all stored inaccessible to children. There is a fireplace in the living room that is properly fenced. A firearm is kept in the wellhouse and LPA observed it to be locked properly separately to locked ammunition. There are two swamps on the property, and Applicant has built a fence around outdoor play yard to prevent access to children. The fence is 5 feet tall and features out-swinging fences, but lacks adequate support on the bottom to prevent wire fencing from bending in a way that could allow children to slip underneath. There is also a portion of the fence that lies adjacent to the home's outdoor deck in a way that does not present a 5 foot barrier to an individual standing on the deck.
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