Routine inspection·June 14, 2023

Licensing Program Analyst Tasha Alexander met with licensee Suzanne Bennett for an unannounced 1 YEAR/REQUIRED inspection . Present for today's inspection is licensee, her teenage daughter and 11 children in care, consisting of 1 infant, 2 preschoolers and 8 school age. LPA toured the facility and backyard for a health and safety inspection. There are no children's files to review. Per licensee, the family child care home recently suffered a fire in the kitchen area. There is a fully charged 2A10BC fire extinguisher, a working smoke alarm and working carbon monoxide detector. All were inspected/tested and found to be in working condition. There is a working telephone in the home, no change in the phone number. Per licensee there are no fire arms on the premises. There are no swimming pools, hot tubs or other bodies of water located on the premises. All poisons, cleaning solutions and medications are inaccessible to children in care. Licensee have current CPR & 1st AID cards which expire 4/2024 respectively. The off-limits areas are all 3 bedrooms, the master bath and 2nd hall bathroom and garage. These areas will be inaccessible to children in care by closed and/or locked doors and visual supervision.. Licensee was also informed of the licensing web address ( www.ccld.ca.gov ) for downloading child care forms and ( www.myccl.com ) to register to receive child care updates. Licensee [or facility representative] 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. A review of staff records on 5/31/23 indicates that all facility staff or other individual who required caregiver background checks have received criminal record and child abuse index clearances or exemptions. Effective September 1, 2016, a person may not work or volunteer at a child care center or family child care home unless he or she has been vaccinated against pertussis, measles and influenza or has an exemption. Today licensee is unable to locate her immunization records. Today the mandatory mandated reporter training course has also been discussed. Today Licensee is unable to locate her mandated reporter certificate. Infant Safe Sleep practices for children up to 12 months was also discussed and materials were given and explained. Incidental Medical Services (IMS) policy was discussed. For IMS information see Evaluator Manual - Regulation Interpretations and Procedures for Family Child Care Homes Section 102417. When any IMS is provided, a Plan for Providing IMS must be submitted to the Department. The following information regarding ADA was provided: US Department of Justice (USDOJ) toll-free ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (voice)/ (800) 514-0383 (TTY) and link to publication: Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers and the ADA, available at: http://www.ada.gov/childqanda.htm CONTINUED ON 809-C To improve the quality and value of the new inspection process, a survey will be sent to the email address provided. Please complete the survey and share your inspection experience. If you have any questions regarding the process or tools, please send them by email to inspectionprocess@dss.ca.gov . For additional information regarding the inspection and its tools and methods, please visit the Program website at www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/community-care-licensing/process . PLEASE SEE ATTACHED 809-D FOR CITATION An exit interview was conducted. A notice of site visit was posted.