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25 | On 09/11/2023 at 1:00 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Miriam Cohen conducted an announced Pre-Licensing inspection. 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 applicant Lia Ovsepjanova.
This is an application for Family Child Care Home located at 20213 Lassen Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 913311.
Applicant applied for a Small Family Child Care Home with maximum capacity of 8 children. LPA met with applicant and was guided on a tour of the facility. LPA reviewed the facility sketch (indoor and outdoor) and it was observed to match the physical plant of the home. LPA was guided on a tour of the home (inside and outside). Applicant's home is a one story three-bedrooms, two-bathroom home with a family room, kitchen, dining room, living room, backyard, and a detached garage. There is a fireplace located in the living room, which is off limits to daycare children. Applicant was informed that fireplaces and open-face heaters shall be screened to prevent access by children. The children will utilize the bathroom adjacent to the family room. LPA inspected the bathroom and did not observe any medications, toxins or cleaning compounds that would pose a risk to children in care. Outdoor play area shall be conducted in the back yard which was fully fenced. The off-limit areas of the home include all four bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, second bathroom, and the garage. There are child proof doorknob covers in all off-limit areas and a lock and key for the garage making them inaccessible to children in care. A safety gate is installed in the side alley (run way side) to barricade the boiler and heater. LPA did not observe the stairs to be barricaded.
The home was inspected for safety, comfort, cleanliness, telephone service, heating and ventilation, inaccessibility to poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, and hazardous items that can pose a danger to children. Hazardous materials in the kitchen and bathroom are inaccessible to children. All poisons are locked. According to the applicant, there are no weapons or firearms at the home; None were observed by LPA. LPA observed a dog confined in the master bedroom. Applicant was reminded to ensure that pets are off limits to day care children during day care hours. |