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Community Care Licensing


FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT

Facility Number: 376105144
Report Date: 10/10/2023
Date Signed: 10/10/2023 11:16:12 AM

Document Has Been Signed on 10/10/2023 11:16 AM - It Cannot Be Edited

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SAN DIEGO N. CC RO, 7575 METROPOLITAN DR STE 110
SAN DIEGO, CA 92108
FACILITY NAME:CHILDREN'S PARADISE INC. - POWAYFACILITY NUMBER:
376105144
ADMINISTRATOR:CHRISTINE ALDERMANFACILITY TYPE:
840
ADDRESS:13242 POMERADO ROADTELEPHONE:
(760) 407-8500
CITY:POWAYSTATE: CAZIP CODE:
92064
CAPACITY: 28TOTAL ENROLLED CHILDREN: 28CENSUS: 0DATE:
10/10/2023
TYPE OF VISIT:PrelicensingANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
10:46 AM
MET WITH:Lona SeitzTIME COMPLETED:
11:35 AM
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On 10/09/23 at 10:46am, Licensing Program Analysts (LPA), Samantha Clenista and Patrick Ma conducted an announced Pre-licensing follow-up inspection. Upon arrival, LPAs met with Facility Representatives, Lona Seitz (Children’s Paradise COO), Diane Prospero (Children’s Paradise Director of Child Development) and newly assigned center director, Vanessa Sanchez.

LPAs took a tour of the facility per facility sketch. The initial pre-licensing inspection was conducted on 09/19/23. Purpose of this visit is to follow-up on the corrections that were needed to be corrected prior to licensure. The following were the listed corrections that LPA noted during 09/19/23 inspection:
  • Submit a shared playground waiver request for the school-age children to share the upper preschool playground
  • Obtain fire clearance for the preschool to use the multi-purpose room
  • Submit an updated indoor and outdoor facility sketch
  • Label school-age bathroom
  • Post required postings
  • Make the doors to the kitchen and laundry room inaccessible
  • More cushioning to the falling hazard areas in the upper playground structure.

After the initial pre-licensing inspection, facility made a change to the multipurpose room and split it into two separate spaces, one side is designated for preschool children and the other side is a space for school-aged children, however facility is requesting to share this space with the preschool children at separate times. Updated fire clearance was provided on 09/28/23. LPAs observed a barrier in the middle of the multipurpose room that is higher than 4 ft. high. LPAs measured the school-aged side, and it measured at 1,374.55 sq. ft., sufficient for 39 children at one time, which facility would like to update their capacity to reflect 39, rather than 28.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Monica Cuddy
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Samantha Clenista
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE: DATE: 10/10/2023
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE: DATE: 10/10/2023
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SAN DIEGO N. CC RO, 7575 METROPOLITAN DR STE 110
SAN DIEGO, CA 92108
FACILITY NAME: CHILDREN'S PARADISE INC. - POWAY
FACILITY NUMBER: 376105144
VISIT DATE: 10/10/2023
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An updated LIC200A and application fee shall be submitted to reflect this change. Now that we have updated measurements for the school-aged space, a waiver to share this space with the preschool children at separate times shall be submitted and approved prior to licensure.

LPAs observed the above corrections to be completed during inspection, except the following items still remains pending: obtain a shared playground waiver for the school-aged children to share the preschool upper playground, submit proof of adding more cushioning under the climbing play structures located on the upper playground, submit updated LIC200A and fee for increasing capacity, obtain an updated fire clearance to reflect updated requested capacity and make the barrier dividing the multipurpose room sturdy.

Once all remaining corrections are obtained, reviewed and after conducting a final file review, a license for 36 school-aged children (Kinder-12 years old) in the school-age side of the multipurpose room may be granted.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Monica Cuddy
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Samantha Clenista
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/10/2023
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 10/10/2023
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