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25 | On 05/16/2022 at 1:00 PM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), A. Curry arrived at the home and conducted an announced Prelicensing inspection. LPA met with applicant, Raquel Magana Castillo, who submitted an application for a small Family Child Care Home. Also present was the applicant’s infant child. The hours of operation for the family child care home will be Monday-Friday 7:00am-5:00pm. A tour of the home was completed with the applicant to conduct a health and safety inspection.
The home is single-story and consist of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living room, kitchen, dining area, garage, and backyard. The children will use the living room, bathroom, dining area, and backyard. Areas accessible to children were inspected to ensure that they are clean and orderly with ventilation and heating for safety and comfort. The off-limits areas are the bedrooms, kitchen, laundry room, and garage, which will be inaccessible by closed and/or locked doors and visual supervision. The Isolation area will be the living room away from the other children. The applicant stated that she will use the backyard for outdoor play. The applicant has a rose thorn bush in the backyard that was made inaccessible by children by placing a safety gate around it to prevent the children from accessing the bush. The applicant was advised that any area that will be changed to an on limit area will need to be inspected by Licensing prior to use. There were safe toys, play equipment, and materials observed for children. LPA did not observe any bodies of water, toxins, medications or hazardous items that would be accessible to children. The applicant was advised that all poisons and/or hazardous items must be kept in a locked cabinet/drawer or placed out of reach of children. The wall heater is secured by a safety gate to prevent access by children. The applicant stated there are no firearms on the premises.
The home is equipped with a fully charged 2A10BC fire extinguisher, working smoke alarm, working carbon monoxide detector, telephone, and first aid supplies. The applicant completed the required preventative health and safety training, which includes 1 hour of nutrition, the required lead poisoning prevention training, and has current CPR and First Aid training which expires on April 30, 2024 respectively.
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