San Jose · Licensed family home
Cortes, Amalfi
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since June 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 14, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 17, 2024Nothing cited
Jun 29, 20234 citations
CCR 102417(g)(3)Type A
“(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (3) Where children are less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed stairs were not barricaded upon arrival which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102417(g)(3)
CCR 102417(g)(4)Type A
“(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed two knives on top of the kitchen counter, a drawer full of knives in the kitchen and dog feces in the back yard accessible to children which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102417(g)(4)
CCR 102416.3(a)Type B
“This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Prior to making alterations or additions to a family child care home or grounds, the licensee shall notify the Department of the proposed changed, including, but not limited to, the following Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed the home has had major construction including kitchen being relocated and walls being knocked down including removing a studio/office which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102416.3(a)
CCR 102416.3(b)Type B
“This requirement is not met as evidenced by: The licensee shall provide the Department with a copy of an inspection report when an inspection is required by the local building inspector as a result of the alteration, addition or construction. Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed the home has had major construction including kitchen being relocated and walls being knocked down including removing a studio/office which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102416.3(b)
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 57% of 798 had none cited.
How all 798 Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 798 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None57%
- 1 of 329%This home
- 2 of 311%
- All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 14, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since June 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (3) Where children are less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed stairs were not barricaded upon arrival which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· June 29, 2023
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Jun 2023 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · June 29, 2023
CCR 102416.3(a) · Type B
This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Prior to making alterations or additions to a family child care home or grounds, the licensee shall notify the Department of the proposed changed, including, but not limited to, the following Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed the home has had major construction including kitchen being relocated and walls being knocked down including removing a studio/office which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR 102416.3(b) · Type B
This requirement is not met as evidenced by: The licensee shall provide the Department with a copy of an inspection report when an inspection is required by the local building inspector as a result of the alteration, addition or construction. Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed the home has had major construction including kitchen being relocated and walls being knocked down including removing a studio/office which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR 102417(g)(3) · Type A
(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (3) Where children are less than five years old are in care, stairs shall be fenced or barricaded. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed stairs were not barricaded upon arrival which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR 102417(g)(4) · Type A
(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed two knives on top of the kitchen counter, a drawer full of knives in the kitchen and dog feces in the back yard accessible to children which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
Details
- Phone
- (408) 629-1274
- Area
- San Jose, 95123
- License
- 434411122
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.