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25 | On June 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Miriam Cohen conducted an announced Pre-Licensing Tele-inspection via FaceTime due to the COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place order in the state of California. The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that health, safety and personal rights, as required by Title 22 Regulations governing California Family Child Care Homes, will be met by the applicant, Johana Perez . This is an application located at 938 McFarland Avenue, Wilmington, CA 90744 for a Small Family Child Care Home with maximum capacity for eight children – no more than three infants, one child in kindergarten or elementary school. The family childcare home will operate Monday thru Friday from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM. LPA Cohen met with applicant and was guided on a tour of the indoor and outdoor of the home. The home is a one-story dwelling with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Three out of the four bedrooms including one of the bathrooms are off-limits and made inaccessible to daycare children using a child proof, doorknobs. Family members residing in the home consist of the following: applicant, father, one adult brother, one teenage brother (age 13), and one daughter (three months old). All adults living in the home have submitted fingerprints and child abuse index check forms to Department of Justice and have received a criminal record clearance. Entering the front entrance door, the children will pass through the kitchen, living room, and a long hallway (passing two bedrooms) to get to the main day care. The main day care area shall be conducted in the master bedroom for daytime activities and sleeping accommodation. The bathroom (with toilet and sink and a bathtub) is located inside the main day care area and is accessible to children in care. Sharp objects and knives are placed inside the kitchen cabinets and drawers and made inaccessible to children using a magnetic latch. The stove knobs are made inaccessible to children in care using safety stove knobs. Chemicals, cleaning supplies, and poisons shall be kept under the kitchen sink made inaccessible to children using a magnetic latch on the door. The backyard is accessible to children for outdoor play, games, and activities. All areas of the home were inspected according to the LIC. 999A- facility sketch. |