Routine inspection·June 6, 2025

On Friday June 6, 2025, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA’S) Annelise Villa and Giovanni Cristales made an unannounced inspection to the above facility. LPA’S met with Licensee Julissa Aragon, who granted access. LPA’S and Licensee toured the home inside for an Annual Random inspection. Residing in the home are the Licensee one minor child. The home is licensed for up to fourteen children. LPA’S observed 3 children in active care with licensee during inspection. Daycare hours are 5:00 Am-5:00 PM. Monday through Friday. Adult sister is no longer residing in the home. Physical Plant: This is a two four-bedroom, two and a half-bathroom’s home with kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry room (Upstairs), and garage, front and backyard. Childcare is provided: in living room on the right upon entry. Children’s Bathroom (Half): is to the entrance of the home to the left before the hallway. It was observed to be clean, with soap, toilet paper, functioning sink (cabinets underneath, locked) and flushing toilet and there were no hazards. The unused outlets in the home were covered. The blind cords were tied up high and made inaccessible. LPA’S observed age-appropriate toys, furniture, and books in good repair. There was napping equipment in the form of mats, and enough for all children in care. The home was inspected inside for safety, comfort, cleanliness, telephone service, heating and ventilation (located in ceiling), inaccessibility to poisons, hazardous conditions. The detergents and cleaning compounds are kept inside the garage with a safety plastic knob cover. The medicines are kept in off limits kitchen. The windows are screened, free of bugs, cracks, and debris. Fire and earthquake drills were current; Fire drill was last conducted on: 6/25 and the earthquake drill was last conducted on: 6/25. The child and parent Roster was current and complete with all required information. The fire extinguisher (2A10BC) was full, and needle was inside the green area, it was last inspected on: 2/25. The smoke and carbon monoxide detectors were tested as operable. LPA’s did not observe an actual fire place. LPA’s did observe an electric fire place unit. The home has central air conditioning and heat. The required postings were present on the parent wall. There is no landline phone, but cell phone. The stairs were gated. Kitchen: Inside the Kitchen, the items that can pose a danger to children such as sharp knives were inside a locked container and made inaccessible and put away safely on top cabinet out of reach from children to the left of the refrigerator. Per Licensee meals/snacks are provided and there are no known allergies. Off limit areas : Kitchen with metal gates, Garage locked w cover plastic knob, Bedrooms: #1, #2, #3, and #4 (inaccessible by covering stairs with metal gate), Bathrooms: #2, and #3 (upstairs), laundry (Upstairs), front and backyard. Outside: Children do not use outdoors for playing. Others: Per Licensee, there are no weapons, firearms, or pets on the premises. LPA’S did not observe any weapons, firearms or pets in the home. The mandated reporter training was viewed (Exp: 5/5/27). CPR/First Aid (Exp: 5/22/27), and immunizations were viewed. The First Aid kit was observed. LPA’S viewed staff and children’s files and reviewed all infants in care have LIC 9227 form in their files and an infant napping log. Per Licensee, none of the infant equipment has been recalled. LPA’S conducted a staff interview with the licensee. Per Licensee, transportation is provided. Incidental Medical Services (IMS) policy and Safe Sleep regulations were discussed. Per Licensee, the home does not have daycare liability insurance. The following was discussed with the Licensee: Maintain capacity and transparency per posted parent rights, Roster requirements (keep updated information always and maintain information for three years), Documentation for disaster drills (fire and earthquake drill are conducted every six months). Maintain mandatory forms, signed, for the children’s/staff files, know the updated Safe Sleep regulations. The role and responsibilities of being a mandated reporter. Supervision is always required for children in care. If food is brought in, it is properly labeled. Check food expiration dates periodically. Responsibility for knowing the regulations as well as anyone who assists in providing care. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day. If day care is closed for an extended period, you must notify Licensing. Inaccessibility of hazards must be constantly reassessed depending on the children in care. If the phone number is changed, or someone moves in or out the home, licensing must be notified. Regulations prohibit the smoking of tobacco in a private residence that is licensed as a family childcare home and areas of the day care home where children are present (24/7 ban). State law prohibits baby walkers, bouncy rocker seats, exer saucers, bassinettes, and any other items that fall into that category. Licensee was reminded that all adults 18 and over living or working in the home, including employees and volunteers, except as specified in Health and Safety Code section 1596.871, must obtain a criminal record clearance or exemption, or transfer their existing clearance or exemption, prior to initial presence in a licensed Family Childcare Home. A civil penalty of $100.00 minimum/day for a maximum of 5 days or, if the penalty is for a repeat violation, for a maximum of 30 days per person will be assessed if this regulation is violated. --Licensee is advised to visit: www.shotsforschool.org for Immunization information. --Licensee was informed of their responsibility to report suspected Child Abuse (LIC 9108), 1-800-827-8724/760-243-6640. Licensee was informed of the MyChildCarePlan.org website, a consumer education website that helps families obtain childcare by connecting them to child care providers and Resource and Referral Agencies (R&Rs) throughout California. --Family Child Care Providers (Disaster Planning information): https://cccld.childcarevideos.org/family-child-care-providers/disaster-planning-and-fire-safety/ --Child Care Advocates information: www.childcareadvocatesprogram@cdss.ca.gov --Child Care Videos: https://ccld.childcarevideos.org --Licensee advised to visit the CCLD website ( www.ccld.ca.gov ) to obtain updates of courses and updates/changes to the regulations. --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 prior to providing the IMS. 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 . --LPA’S 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-andresources/safe-sleep as an additional resource. LPA’S 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. --To improve the quality and value of the new inspection process, a survey may 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 CARE tools, please send email inquiries 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/inspection-process . --Lead Poisoning: For more information, go to the California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch’s website at www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/clppb,or call them at (510) 620-5600. Reminder: The On- Duty Worker is available for questions at: (661) 202-3318 (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm) and for reporting Unusual Incident Reports (within 24 hours). Written Unusual Incident Reports are sent (using (LIC 624 form) to the following email address: unusualincidentreport@dss.ca.gov within seven (7) days after reporting the incident via telephone. There were no deficiencies cited during this inspection. There were no Technical Violations/Technical Advisories issued during the inspection. See LIC 809D pages and TV/TA pages attached to this report. An exit interview was conducted, a copy of this report was read, and a Notice of Site Visit, Appeal Rights were provided to Licensee Julissa Aragon during the inspection. A Notice of Site Visit must remain posted for thirty (30) consecutive days. Failure to maintain the posting will result in $100 civil penalty. During the exit interview, the Licensee, confirmed that there are no Registered Sex Offenders living in the facility and LPA’S completed the RSO profile in FAS.