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Home › CA › Simi Valley › Melendez-Santos Family Child Care
Simi Valley CA 93065 · License #566215781 · Home-based · Family Day Care Home
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102417(a) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (a) The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times. When circumstances require the licensee to be temporarily absent from the home, the licensee shall arrange for a substitute adult to care for and supervise the children during his/her absence. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children inside the daycare room, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/07/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
102425(j)(5)(A) · Infant Safe Sleep The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: If the infant is sleeping in a separate room from where the provider is stationed, the door to the room the infant is sleeping in shall remain open at all times. The provider shall be able to visually observe the infant without moving the door.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children inside the daycare room, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/07/2025
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Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(g) · 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
Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that both of the two (2) fire extinguishers present on the property at the time of the inspection, were last purchased on 5/14/2024, and had not been serviced since this date, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/14/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(g)(9)(A) · 1 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: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. 1. The licensee shall document the drills, including the date and time of each drill. This documentation shall kept at the family child care home.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that a fire or disaster drill was not conducted and/or documented as having been completed within the last six (6) months as required, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/14/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102425(j)(1) · Infant Safe Sleep The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: The provider shall physically check on the infant every 15 minutes.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that 15-minute safe sleep checks were not conducted and/or documented for Child #01 (C1), who was asleep during the inspection, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/14/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. 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 interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the LIC 282 - Affadavit Regarding Liability Insurance for Family Child Care Home, was not on file for any of the children in care at the time of the inspection (C1-C10), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/14/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102425(j)(2)(D) · 102425(j)The provider shall supervise infants... and adhere to the following requirements: (D)The provider shall check and document the following: (D)Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following
Licensee is to read the rules and regulations and FAQs to ensure that they know the infant safe sleep rules. Licensee is to send over two weeks worth of infant safe sleep checks to the department with the necessary documentation needed. Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were not documenting 15 minute safe sleep checks which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
102425(a)(1) · 102425 INFANT SAFE SLEEP(a)There shall be one crib or play yard for each infant who is unable to climb out of the crib or play yard. (1) All cribs or play yards shall meet the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards. Licensee is to immediately cease placement of child on the mattress, and have the child sleep in a crib or play yard.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were placing an infant under one year on a folded up twin mattress which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Lissete Gonzalez
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.