Licensee does not have child-care insurance. Licensee resides in the home with adult male and 3 minor children. The areas identified on the facility sketch were inspected. This is a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home with living room, kitchen, dining area and laundry. Living room has a double sided wall heater, screened and inaccessible to children. There is no swimming pool or other bodies of water on the premises. There are no firearms or ammunition stored on the premises.

Areas that are accessible to children are as follows: Living room, bedroom #1, bathroom, kitchen, dining area and front yard and side yard for outdoor activities.

The off-limits areas are as follows: Bedroom #2, #3, laundry area and left side yard. Rooms are made inaccessible by children safety door knobs.

The home was inspected inside and out for safety, comfort, cleanliness, telephone service, heating and ventilation. Poisons, detergents/cleaning compounds, medication and hazardous items that can pose a danger to children are inaccessible. LPA observed age appropriate safe toys inside and outside the home. Licensee advised; children will nap on cots. Licensee has a carbon monoxide and smoke detector that was tested and operating. The fire extinguisher is located in the kitchen service on January 18, 2023. Medications are stored in bedroom #2 inaccessible to children. Knives were observed in a kitchen drawer inaccessible to children. Cleaning products are kept under the sink cabinet and upper laundry cabinet inaccessible to children.

Licensee was reminded that all adults 18 and over living in the home, persons who provide care and supervision to children, and staff who have contact with children, including employees and volunteers, 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 up to $500.00 maximum per day/per person will be assessed if this regulation is violated.

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-and-resources/safe-sleep as an additional resources. 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. LPA provided Recently Approved Safe Sleep Regulations PIN 20-24-CCP.

Incidental Medical Services (IMS) policy was discussed. For IMS information, see PIN 22-02-CCP. When any IMS is provided, a Plan for Providing IMS must be submitted to the Department. The following information regarding ADA was provided: US Department of Justice (USDOJ) toll-free ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (voice)/ (800) 514-0383 (TTY) and link to publication: Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers and the ADA, available at: http://www.ada.gov/childqanda.htm

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Based on today's inspection, the facility is approved for a License pending managers approval.

Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Licensee, Hilda Owusu.