Lil' Blue Heartwood Preschool

101162(a)(1) · (a) No person or legal entity shall advertise or represent itself as a licensed child care center without first obtaining a current valid license from the Department. (1) Licensees shall reveal each child care center license number in all advertisements in accordance with Health & Safety Code

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101212(b) · (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This was not met as evidenced by The facility agrees to submit all pending items for the current appointed director, or submit a full packet for any other current or new staff who could qualify as a fully qualified site director. No civil penalty, as it has been assessed already. This is due to licensing no later than the POC due date. The individual who has been appointed as the site director is not fully qualified. Furthermore, there are items missing from the directors packet which are essential to becoming a director. This poses a potential health/safety risk to children in care.

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101439.1(f) · Infant Care Center Sleeping Equipment (f) Cribs shall be free from all loose articles and objects, including blankets and pillows.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, 2 out of 3 sleeping infants had bottles in the crib while they slept. 1 infant had the bottle near their feet, while the other had it cradled under their left armpit while they slept on their stomach. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/21/2025

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101238(g)(1) · Buildings and Grounds (g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. (1) Storage areas for poisons shall be locked.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, 2 areas in the infant classroom contained items that are poisonous to infants. (1)The storage closet containing Clorox, 2 mop buckets & other cleaning chemicals. (2)A doorless closet to the left of the storage closet, with storage of hand sanitizers (3 large bottles). Although these items were inaccessible and not in reach of infants, these items were not kept locked. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/21/2025

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101174(d) · Disaster and Mass Casualty Plan (d) Disaster drills shall be conducted at least every six months.

Deficient Practice Statement During a past visit to the facility for the other program, the facility did not have any documentation of disaster drills available for review. During this previous visit, director recalls the disaster drills being done sometime in January, but have not done any since then. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/24/2025

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101439.1(f)(3) · Infant Care Center Sleeping Equipment (f) Cribs shall be free from all loose articles and objects, including blankets and pillows. (3) There shall be no objects hanging above or attached to the side of the crib.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, 2 out of 3 cribs had items hanging off them while infants were asleep in them. 1 item was a baby bib, and the other a speaker for music. This is being downgraded to a Type B due to the staff correcting it immediately. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/21/2025

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101238.2(f) · Outdoor Activity Space (f) Sandboxes shall be inspected daily and kept free of hazardous foreign materials.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, there is a circular pit, at least 1 inch deep. There is sand in this area, but the sand has not been replaced or refilled, leaving it semi-empty. The area is deep enough for an infant to fall into, posing a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/31/2025

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101216(g)(1) · Personnel Requirements (1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, 1 out of 5 staff files did not provide proof of LIC503, health screening. S2 did not have the LIC503 on file. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/07/2025

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101429(a)(2)(C)(3) · Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (C) Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: (3) Time of each 15-minute check

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review during the tour of the facility, LPA asked for 15 minute sleep log for the 1 sleeping infant out of 7. The log was last updated more than 15 minutes to the time written on the log, approximately 25 minutes. Additionally, the form only has a "start" and "end" time of sleep, no 15 minute checks. 15 minute sleep logs were later available, but only for this date. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/24/2025

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101212(b) · Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s).

Deficient Practice Statement During a previous visit, LPA discovered there was a change in director for the center. This change had taken place well over the 10 days allotted, and was never communicated to LPA. LPA had requested the new appointed director submit a directors packet, which has still not been received. LPA reviewed what was available, and left the center with a list of missing items. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 10/24/2025

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101439.1(f)(1) · Cribs shall be free from all loose articles and objects, including blankets and pillows. Pacifiers shall be allowed in the crib if the following provisions are in place: There shall not be anything attached to the pacifier. This was not met as evidenced by: LPA observed The facility agrees to have a staff meeting with all staff regarding all infant regulations and rules, in particular safe sleep regulations, in the infant classroom. The facility agrees to submit an agenda with a list of all staff who attended. This is due to the department no later than the POC due date. 2 infants sleeping in cribs, 1 with a white hairband in the crib, and another with a pacifier in their mouth with a string attached. This posed/poses a potential risk to the health and safety of infants in care.

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101416.2(c)(1) · To be a fully qualified infant care teacher, a teacher shall have the following: Completion, with passing grades, of 12 postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood or child development education at an accredited or approved college or university. This was not met as evidenced Facility agrees to let the department know what their plan is with the infant classroom, in regards to a lead staff and send something in wrting no later than the POC due date. by: three of the ‘lead staff’ in the infant classroom are not fully qualified to be in the classroom with the infants by themselves, as each of the staff do not have all the qualifying units. This posed/poses a potential risk to the health and safety to infants in care.

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101238(a) · 101238 Buildings and Grounds(a)The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This was not met as evidenced by: During the tour of the infant classroom, The facility owner agrees to immediately remediate the issue in the storage closet of the infant classroom. Proof of this via pictures are due to the department no later than the POC due date. LPA observed mildew-like and mold-like substances in the storage closet. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME Gilbert Sena

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101439(b) · Infant Care Center Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies (b) The infant care center shall be equipped with appropriate furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, cribs, cots or mats; changing tables; and feeding chairs.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on [(observation) the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the sink required for infant toileting needs within arms lengtth was observed not operable which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 09/02/2024

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101216(g)(1) · Personnel Requirements (1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that S2 did not have LIC503 available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 08/29/2024

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101217(c) · 101217 Personnel Records(c) All personnel records shall be available to the Department to inspect, audit, and copy upon demand during normal business hours. Records may be removed if necessary for copying...

Licensee, Fernando Chavez provided copy of Staff N.3's file to verify compliance with Title 22 regulation on 03/03/2023 additional documents requested were also provided on a later day via e-mail. Letter of Deficiency Cleared was provided during this inspection. During LPA's inspection conducted on 02/28/23 and 03/02/2023 : Staff N.3's records were not available for review. Additional sign in/out documentation requested from staff from infant room were unable to populate on 02/28/23 due to computer conflict transferring information from old to current facility. No back up system was in place to be in substantial compliance with CCL. Records were provided on 03/03/23. This is a potential risk to the health, safety and/ or personal rights risk to children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Aaron Ross

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101170(e)(2) · Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility:(2) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f).

Staff N.2 documentation was sent to be associated during this inspection. Civil Penalty assessed. $100 per day for 5 days per person. Based on the interview/record review, the licensee did not meet Criminal Record Clearance which poses an immediate Health, Safety & Personal Rights risk to the children in care. During the inspection LPAs observed S2 providing care & supervision and do not have a Criminal Record Clearance associated to the facility. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Aaron Ross

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