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25 | On April 5, 2023, at 11:05 AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Luigi Gargaro, conducted an unannounced annual required inspection and met with the licensee, Carolina Cardenas. LPA disclosed the purpose of the inspection and was granted entry into the facility by the Licensee. Nine (9) children and two (2) staff which included Ms. Cardenas and her cleared and associated helper, Yodira Martines, were present in the facility during this inspection. This facility is a two floor, four bedroom, three bathroom house. Licensee accompanied LPA inside and out of the facility during this inspection. The following areas used for child care are: the kitchen, the dining area, the family room/day care area and the day care bathroom all located on the first floor of the home. Off limits areas are the home living room, the entire second floor of the home and the garage. The living room is made off limits with a latching safety gate that is securely installed in the entrance between it and the day care area. Day care clients enter the home through the back entrance and do not pass through the off limits living room. The staircase leading to the second floor of the home is located in the inaccessible home living room area. The entrance door to the off limits garage from the inside of the home is made inaccessible with a locking door handle.
The fire extinguisher, smoke detector, and carbon monoxide detector met requirements. All hazardous items were inaccessible to children. The licensee has toys, play equipment and materials available. The home has a fenced backyard available for outdoor activities.The yard contains a trampoline that licensee attests is off limits to the day care children and is only for the use of her children when there are no day care children present. During today's visit there was no ladder leading to the trampoline entrance net and the equipment was turned toward the wall to also make the zippered entrance inaccessible. No bodies of water observed on the premises during the inspection. The licensee does have an ornamental fountain in her not for use front yard that is not connected to any water source and has no lower level tiers that are accessible to children. Licensee stated there are no weapons in the home. A review of staff records on this date indicates that all facility staff or other individuals who require caregiver background checks have received criminal record and child abuse clearances or exemptions. |