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32 | The licensee provides food for children in care. There is telephone service via a landline that is used during operation hours.
The outdoor play area is in the back yard of the house, is fenced and there are no hazards to children present. The outdoor play area includes a covered patio. LPA observed appropriate toys and other play equipment for children in care.
Per Licensee, areas off limits to children and parents include living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 office and attached garage and made inaccessible by use of door lock to the entrance to the areas.
LPA observed the pool in the back yard, measured the fencing and licensee tested gate closure. Fence is designed and installed so children could not remove any portion of it, it completely surrounds the pool, is constructed so that it does not obscure the pool from view and there is no window or door that provide direct access to the pool. Fence is at least 5 feet high, Gate swings away from the pool, self closes, and self-latches. The opening between the railing does not exceed 4 inches.
LPA did observe a front yard, per Licensee, the front yard is not used for child care activities. Children enter the home from a side gate by the children’s room.
Per Licensee, there are no firearms or ammunition on the premises. All poisons are kept in a locked storage area. No poisons were observed during the inspection. Detergents, cleaning compounds, medication and other hazardous items are made inaccessible.
There are two pets on the premises. During hours of operations 2 dogs are kept outside in a separate fenced area of the back yard or kept inside in the inaccessible areas of the home.
LPA did observe a fireplace (as seen from the covered patio) and LPA observed the fireplace from inside the sleeping room has been walled over.
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