Routine inspection·February 17, 2023

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Melanie Otsuji arrived to the facility unannounced to conduct a REQUIRED 1 YEAR INSPECTION . LPA was met by Licensee Ruchi Agarwal. LPA toured the day care for a health & safety check. Also present was a fingerprint cleared assistant and 4 children (3 infants and 1 preschooler). Hours of Operation is: Monday - Friday 8:30AM-6:00PM. The interior and exterior of the home was toured. The home is a two story single family home consisting of 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, kitchen, living room, day care room, dining room, garage, and back yard The ON LIMITS areas are: the dining area, bathroom in play area, day care room and back yard. The OFF LIMITS areas are: the entire second floor, dining room, kitchen, garage and staff bathroom downstairs. The stairs are barricaded when children under 5 are in care. LPA observed a fully charged fire extinguisher, working carbon monoxide and smoke detector on site. Licensee has current Pediatric CPR/First Aid and it expires on 1/22/2024. Licensee conducts and documents disaster drills. The last drill conducted was in January 2023. 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. LPA discussed the safe sleep regulations with licensee and discussed the Child Care Licensing Safe Sleep webpage at https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing/public-information-and-resources/safe-sleep as an additional resource. LPA also informed licensee of the importance of checking for recalled infant devices on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website at https://www.cpsc.gov/ and recommended they register all infant devices with the CPSC to be notified of any recalls on their purchased equipment. No deficiencies noted on today's date. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the licensee Ruchi Agarwal.