San Mateo · Licensed family home

Maria Diaz Family Child Care

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 4 cited something

Bay Area family homes: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
January 16, 2025
On file
4 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

Jan 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 9, 2022

CCR 102425(j)(2)(D) · Type B

102425(j)(2)(D) Infant Safe Sleep: Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: Date, infant’s name and time of each 15-minute check. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, LPA confirmed licensee is not maintained required infant napping logs, with documentation of each 15 minute check. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.

State report

May 2022 Complaint

Complaint · May 5, 2022

CCR 102425(b)(3) · Type B

102425(b)(3) Infant Safe Sleep: There shall be no objects hanging above or attached to the side of the crib. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, observations and record review, LPA confirmed bumpers/ wrap attached to sides of infant crib. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.

State report

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits).

Details

(650) 579-2678

Area
San Mateo, 94401
License
414001409, active

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