Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1
- Local median
- 0.33
VARGAS, MARIA FAMILY CHILD CARE
Madera, CA 93638
- Facility:
- 203908603
- Type:
- FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 14
Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionJuly 22, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsApril 25, 2024
Summary
This summary covers eight available inspections for VARGAS, MARIA FAMILY CHILD CARE from July 19, 2021 through July 22, 2025.
Five inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on July 22, 2025 and involved background screening, with a due date of July 23, 2025.
That higher-concern topic showed up in two inspections.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 8
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 1
1 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
8 total inspections vs 3 local median in 93638
Compared to 37 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 38%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 63%
- Local median
- 25%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.19
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Environmental health
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
April 16, 2024July 22, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Administration of Child Day Care Licensing Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that licensee had Adult #1 and Adult #2 living in a RV that is parked in the driveway in front of the home as stated in the LIC809 and LIC809-C, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 23, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) - 1596.871(c)(1)(A)
- Official code
- 1596.871(c)(1)(A)
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (b) The home shall be kept clean and orderly, with heating and ventilation for safety and comfort. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed various hygiene and cleaning products, and sharp objects that were accessible to children in care as stated in LIC809- and LIC809-C report, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 25, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(b) - 102417(b)
- Official code
- 102417(b)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Operation of a Family Child Care Home 102417(g)(5)(A) (5) All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools (in-ground and above-ground), fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fish ponds and similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence. (A)Fences shall be at least five feet high and shall be constructed so that the fence does not obscure the pool from view. The bottom and sides of the fence shall comply with Division 1, Appendix Chapter 4 of the 1994 Uniform Building Code. In addition to meeting all of the aforementioned requirements for fences, gates shall swing away from the pool, self-close and have a self-latching device located no more than six inches from the top of the gate... Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed a cement ledge located by the back fence of the backyard adjacent to the pool fence. LPA measured the cement ledge to the fence, and it did not meet the requirements as per Title 22 regulations, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Inspector notes
- This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Operation of a Family Child Care Home 102417(g)(5)(A) (5) All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools (in-ground and above-ground), fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fish ponds and similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence. (A)Fences shall be at least five feet high and shall be constructed so that the fence does not obscure the pool from view. The bottom and sides of the fence shall comply with Division 1, Appendix Chapter 4 of the 1994 Uniform Building Code. In addition to meeting all of the aforementioned requirements for fences, gates shall swing away from the pool, self-close and have a self-latching device located no more than six inches from the top of the gate... Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed a cement ledge located by the back fence of the backyard adjacent to the pool fence. LPA measured the ceme...
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 1, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(5)(A) - 102417(g)(5)(A)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(5)(A)
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPA observed various items as stated in LIC 809, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 16, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g) - 102417(g)
- Official code
- 102417(g)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (5) All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools (in-ground and above-ground), fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fish ponds and similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed various containers in the front of the home and backyard with water, large planters were leaned against pool fence, and pool fence is in need of repair, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 19, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(5) - 102417(g)(5)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(5)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Operation of a Family Child Care Home (a) The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times. When circumstances require the licensee to be temporarily absent from the home . . . This requirement was not met as evidenced by, Licensee stated that they left the country from December 19, 2022 to December 28, 2022 and allowed Assistant Gabriela Bautista to care for day care children alone. This poses a potential health/safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 24, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417 - 102417
- Official code
- 102417
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- 102416.2 Reporting Requirements (b) The licensee shall report to the Department any of the events as specified in Health and Safety Code ...(3) Health and Safety Code Section 1597.467(b)(1) provides in part:(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child." This requirement was not met as evidenced by, Licensee did not contact Community Care Licensing to report Unusual Incident. This poses a potential health/safety risk to children in care.
- Report comments
- or safety of any child." This requirement was not met as evidenced by, Licensee did not contact Community Care Licensing to report Unusual Incident. This poses a potential health/safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 24, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.2(b)(3)(C) - 102416.2(b)(3)(C)
- Official code
- 102416.2(b)(3)(C)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Personnel Records. Personnel records shall be maintained on each employee. This requirement was not met as evidenced by LPA's review of staff #1's file. Staff #1's file is missing the following items: immunization, LIC 9108 - Acknowledgement of Reporting Child Abuse, LIC 508 - Criminal Record Statement, LIC 9052 - Employee's Rights, and LIC 501 - Application. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. LPA printed out the missing forms for staff #1 to complete. The completed forms are to be placed in staff #1's file.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 29, 2021
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102416.1(a) - 102416.1(a)
- Official code
- 102416.1(a)