MELENDEZ-SANTOS FAMILY CHILD CARE

Simi Valley, CA 93065

Facility:: 566215781
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 inspectionNovember 6, 2025

Latest inspection with no recorded violationsSeptember 4, 2024

Summary

This summary covers five available inspections for MELENDEZ-SANTOS FAMILY CHILD CARE from May 18, 2023 through November 6, 2025.

Two inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.

The most recent higher-concern violation was on November 6, 2025 and involved sleep safety, with a due date of November 7, 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: 5
Recorded violations: 8
Higher-concern violations: 5
Repeated topics: 1

Local comparison

5 total inspections vs 2 local median in 93065

Compared to 13 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

Inspections with higher-concern violations

Inspections with recorded violations

Repeated topics

Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.

Sleep safety

Appeared across 2 inspections, with 4 recorded violations.

September 4, 2024November 6, 2025

Inspection history

Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.

November 6, 2025View official report

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, the licensee shall arrange for a substitute adult to care for and supervise the children during his/her absence. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children inside the daycare room, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction / follow-up note: 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, the licensee shall arrange for a substitute adult to care for and supervise the children during his/her absence. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children ins...
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 7, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type A deficiency
Report section: CCR 102417(a) - 102417(a)
Official code: 102417(a)

Sleep safety

Report finding: Infant Safe Sleep The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: If the infant is sleeping in a separate room from where the provider is stationed, the door to the room the infant is sleeping in shall remain open at all times. The provider shall be able to visually observe the infant without moving the door. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children inside the daycare room, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction / follow-up note: Infant Safe Sleep The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: If the infant is sleeping in a separate room from where the provider is stationed, the door to the room the infant is sleeping in shall remain open at all times. The provider shall be able to visually observe the infant without moving the door. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two (2) infants and one (1) three-year old child were sleeping in cribs located inside of a bedroom (daycare room), separate & out of sight from the living room area, where the remaining six (6) children were playing, while the assistant of the daycare (Licensee's husband) was in a separate (off-limits) bedroom inside the home, and while the Licensee stepped away to provide care to the children inside the daycare room, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights ris...
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 7, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type A deficiency
Report section: CCR 102425(j)(5)(A) - 102425(j)(5)(A)
Official code: 102425(j)(5)(A)

Equipment or readiness

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 interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that both of the two (2) fire extinguishers present on the property at the time of the inspection, were last purchased on 5/14/2024, and had not been serviced since this date, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 14, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type B deficiency
Report section: CCR 102417(g) - 102417(g)
Official code: 102417(g)

Administrative posting

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: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. 1. The licensee shall document the drills, including the date and time of each drill. This documentation shall kept at the family child care home. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that a fire or disaster drill was not conducted and/or documented as having been completed within the last six (6) months as required, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Inspector notes: 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: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. 1. The licensee shall document the drills, including the date and time of each drill. This documentation shall kept at the family child care home. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited a...
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 14, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type B deficiency
Report section: CCR 102417(g)(9)(A)1 - 102417(g)(9)(A)1
Official code: 102417(g)(9)(A)1

Sleep safety

Report finding: Infant Safe Sleep The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: The provider shall physically check on the infant every 15 minutes. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that 15-minute safe sleep checks were not conducted and/or documented for Child #01 (C1), who was asleep during the inspection, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 14, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type B deficiency
Report section: CCR 102425(j)(1) - 102425(j)(1)
Official code: 102425(j)(1)

Recordkeeping

Report finding: Operation of A Family Child Care Home (3) A file of affidavits signed by each parent with a child enrolled in the home. The affidavit shall state that the parent has been informed that the family child care home does not carry liability insurance or a bond according to standards established by the state. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the LIC 282 - Affadavit Regarding Liability Insurance for Family Child Care Home, was not on file for any of the children in care at the time of the inspection (C1-C10), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status: Plan of correction due by November 14, 2025

More details

Official CA class: Type B deficiency
Report section: CCR 102417(m)(3) - 102417(m)(3)
Official code: 102417(m)(3)

September 4, 2024View official report

No recorded violations in this report

September 4, 2024View official report

Sleep safety

Report finding: 102425(j)The provider shall supervise infants... and adhere to the following requirements: (D)The provider shall check and document the following: (D)Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were not documenting 15 minute safe sleep checks which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Report comments: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were not documenting 15 minute safe sleep checks which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status: Plan of correction due by September 18, 2024

More details

Official CA class: Type B deficiency
Report section: CCR 102425(j)(2)(D) - 102425(j)(2)(D)
Official code: 102425(j)(2)(D)

Sleep safety

Report finding: 102425 INFANT SAFE SLEEP(a)There shall be one crib or play yard for each infant who is unable to climb out of the crib or play yard. (1) All cribs or play yards shall meet the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards. Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were placing an infant under one year on a folded up twin mattress which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Report comments: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where licensee stated they were placing an infant under one year on a folded up twin mattress which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status: Plan of correction due by September 4, 2024