102417(g)(3) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (3) Where children are less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the stairs were not barricaded, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2024

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

102417(g)(4) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there were cleaning compounds in kitchen cabinet that were not made inaccessible, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2024

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

102419(b) · Admission Procedures and Authorized Representatives Rights (b) The licensee shall post the PUB 394 (8/02), Family Child Care Home Notification of Parents’ Rights Poster in a prominent, publicly accessible area in the family child care home at all times children are in care.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not posting the PUB 394 and not having it available, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2024

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

102417(m)(3) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (3) A file of affidavits signed by each parent with a child enrolled in the home. The affidavit shall state that the parent has been informed that the family child care home does not carry liability insurance or a bond according to standards established by the state.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not providing the LIC282 as Licensee sated she had daycare insurance but canceled it 4 months ago, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 01/03/2025

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

102416.5(b)(3) · Staffing Ratio and Capacity (b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, only if the criteria in Section 1597.44 of the Health and Safety Code are met.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff was alone with 8 daycare children including 1 infant and 1 school age children which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2024

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.