Pre-licensing visit·October 10, 2023

On 10/09/23 at 10:46am, Licensing Program Analysts (LPA), Samantha Clenista and Patrick Ma conducted an announced Pre-licensing follow-up inspection. Upon arrival, LPAs met with Facility Representatives, Lona Seitz (Children\342\200\231s Paradise COO), Diane Prospero (Children\342\200\231s Paradise Director of Child Development) and newly assigned center director, Vanessa Sanchez. LPAs took a tour of the facility per facility sketch. The initial pre-licensing inspection was conducted on 09/19/23. Purpose of this visit is to follow-up on the corrections that were needed to be corrected prior to licensure. The following were the listed corrections that LPA noted during 09/19/23 inspection: Submit a shared playground waiver request for the school-age children to share the upper preschool playground Obtain fire clearance for the preschool to use the multi-purpose room Submit an updated indoor and outdoor facility sketch Label school-age bathroom Post required postings Make the doors to the kitchen and laundry room inaccessible More cushioning to the falling hazard areas in the upper playground structure. After the initial pre-licensing inspection, facility made a change to the multipurpose room and split it into two separate spaces, one side is designated for preschool children and the other side is a space for school-aged children, however facility is requesting to share this space with the preschool children at separate times. Updated fire clearance was provided on 09/28/23. LPAs observed a barrier in the middle of the multipurpose room that is higher than 4 ft. high. LPAs measured the school-aged side, and it measured at 1,374.55 sq. ft., sufficient for 39 children at one time, which facility would like to update their capacity to reflect 39, rather than 28. An updated LIC200A and application fee shall be submitted to reflect this change. Now that we have updated measurements for the school-aged space, a waiver to share this space with the preschool children at separate times shall be submitted and approved prior to licensure. LPAs observed the above corrections to be completed during inspection, except the following items still remains pending: obtain a shared playground waiver for the school-aged children to share the preschool upper playground, submit proof of adding more cushioning under the climbing play structures located on the upper playground, submit updated LIC200A and fee for increasing capacity, obtain an updated fire clearance to reflect updated requested capacity and make the barrier dividing the multipurpose room sturdy. Once all remaining corrections are obtained, reviewed and after conducting a final file review, a license for 36 school-aged children (Kinder-12 years old) in the school-age side of the multipurpose room may be granted.