The facility is a two-story home, leased by the licensee consisting of three bedroom and two and a half bathrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, family room, backyard, and an attached two car garage. The home was observed to be clean, orderly, and well maintained, and is equipped with centralized heating and ventilation to ensure the safety and comfort of children. The kitchen and stairs are secured with gate barriers to prevent children from freely accessing the upper level of the home and living room.

On-limits areas include: Living room, family room, kitchen and half bathroom and backyard. The designated isolation area is the living room area, away from other children in care.

Off-limits areas include: Entire Second level of the home, two car garage on the main level, backyard, right side there is a safety gate to keep the children out of the area, and on the left side yard a small section that's off limits to children in care. There's also a shed in the off limits with a lock. These areas are made inaccessible to children by closed and/or locked doors and visual supervision.

LPA inspected the cabinets in the on-limit areas, which include the living room, family room, kitchen, bathroom and did not observe any hazardous materials or toxins accessible to children during today’s inspection. LPA tested the smoke detector in the living room and the carbon monoxide detector in family room and found both to be functioning properly. The home is equipped with a working telephone, a first aid kit, and a fully charged 2A10BC fire extinguisher, which meets the standards established by the State Fire Marshal. There’s also a fireplace in the family room that has a barricade/screen to prevent access by children.

See LIC 809-C for continuation.

• Type A deficiencies are violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.

• Type B deficiencies are violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care, a recordkeeping violation that could impact the care of said persons and/or protection of their resources, or a violation that could impact those services required to meet the needs of persons in care.

At 9:35 a.m, LPA asked the licensee if she transports children in care or have any firearms in the home and the licensee stated that she does not provide transportation or have any firearms in the home. At 9:45 a.m. , LPA requested and reviewed the files of four (4) children in care and one (1) staff file. All children’s files contained Parent Notification Additional Children in Care, Identification & Emergency Information, Parent’s Rights, and Medical Consent forms. The staff file has the required Health Records, Statement Acknowledging Requirement To Report Child Abuse, and Employee Rights. During the review, LPA Woods also checked the health records of the licensee, staff, and children and found that the licensee is in compliance with immunization laws applicable to childcare providers.

LPA 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 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.

Effective August 1, 2003, California Law requires Family Child Care Home licensees to report unusual incidents or injuries to children in care to children’s parents and to the Department of Social Services using the Unusual Incident/Injury form (LIC 624B). Incidents must be reported within 24 hours by phone, fax, or electronic mail. The licensee was also reminded that Mandated Reporter Training ("General" and "Child Care Providers") is required for all staff and is to be renewed every 2 years by visiting www.mandatedreporterca.com.

See 809-C.

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 Child Care 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.

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.

The licensee was informed of the MyChildCarePlan.org website; a consumer education website that helps families obtain childcare by connecting them to childcare providers and Resource and Referral Agencies (R&Rs) throughout California.

During the exit interview, the LICENSEE Deepthi Koduru, confirmed that there are no Registered Sex Offenders living in the facility and LPA completed the RSO profile in FAS.

There are no deficiencies cited today. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the licensee Deepthi Koduru.