Sunnyvale · Licensed family home

Maria Esquivel Villanueva 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: 2 of 5 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
September 29, 2025
On file
5 visits since March 2022 — 3 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: (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 shampoos, conditioners and soaps in the bathroom shower and air freshener under the bathroom sink accessible to children which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · August 9, 2024

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.

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 9 findings

Licensing visit · August 9, 2024

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 shampoos, conditioners and soaps in the bathroom shower and air freshener under the bathroom sink accessible to children which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) · Type A

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. Licensee stated Angelica Ramirez Benito was her assistant for one month starting in January 2024 through the beginning of February 2024. Angelica Ramirez Benito did not have fingerprint clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102416.5(b)(1) · Type A

(b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (1) Four infants; or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee was alone caring for five infants, one preschool and one school age child. Licensee was out of ratio and over capacity which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102416.5(e) · Type A

(e) If no assistant provider is present at a Large Family Child Care Home, then the licensee shall comply with the capacity requirements for a Small Family Child Care Home as specified in subsections (b) and (c). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee was alone caring for five infants, one preschool and one school age child. Licensee was out of ratio and over capacity which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102425(e) · Type B

No infant shall be forced to sleep, to stay awake, or to stay in the designated sleeping area. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Infants were forced to stay in a designated sleeping area which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102416.1(d) · Type B

(d) All personnel records shall be maintained at the child care home and shall be available to the licensing agency for review. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee stated she did not have a file for assistant A.R.B. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102418(g)(1) · Type B

(g) The licensee shall document each child's immunizations as required by the California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 6070, and shall maintain such documentation for as long as the child is enrolled. (1) This requirement includes updating each child's PM 286 (6/95) when the child is due to receive required immunizations after enrollment in the family day care home. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Child 3 and 5 immunization records need to be updated which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102417(g)(7) · Type B

(7) An emergency information card shall be maintained for each child and shall include the child's full name, telephone number and location of a parent or other responsible adult to be contacted in an emergency, the name and telephone number of the child's physician and the parent's authorization for the licensee or registrant to consent to emergency medical care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Child 3 and 5 are missing LIC627 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102425(j)(2)(D) · Type B

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 interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee only had a Safe Sleep log up to 12 months for infants in care which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.

State report

Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · July 6, 2023

CCR 102425(b)(1)(A) · Type A

(b) Cribs or play yards shall be free from all loose articles and objects. (1) Pacifiers shall be allowed in the crib or play yard if the following provisions are in place: (A) There shall not be anything attached to the pacifier. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Child C2 was asleep with pacifier attached to child's clothing, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102425(j)(5) · Type A

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. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in, door to infant sleep room was closed with child C1, C2 and C3 which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102416.5(b)(2) · Type A

(b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (2) Six children, no more than three of whom may be infants; or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in, 4 infants in care, one 5 year old child - overcapacity, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102417(g)(8) · Type B

(8) Each family child care home shall have a current roster of children as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.841. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above , Licensee states she has not started a child care roster since being licensed, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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

(408) 687-8522

Area
Sunnyvale, 94087
License
434416042, active

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