San Jose · Licensed family home
Mendoza, Frances
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 21, 20251 citation
CCR 102417(g)(4)Type B
“(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 observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPAs observed a knife and two adult scissors in the kitchen drawer accessible to children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102417(g)(4)
- Jun 12, 2024Nothing cited
Jun 4, 20241 citation
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)Type B
“(d) For a Large Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time when there is an assistant provider in the home, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home and the assistant provider's children under age 10, shall be either: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA's observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having 13 children present in the home: 2 infants and 11 preschool age which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. One of the children just started on 06/03/24 and the child's parent came to pick up the child during the inspection.”
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)
- Apr 14, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 4 times had fewer: 78% of 753 had rules cited at 1 or none.
How all 753 Bay Area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 753 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None46%
- 1 of 431%
- 2 of 416%This home
- 3 of 45%
- All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 21, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(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 observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPAs observed a knife and two adult scissors in the kitchen drawer accessible to children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· July 21, 2025
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.
Jul 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 21, 2025
CCR 102417(g)(4) · Type B
(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 observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPAs observed a knife and two adult scissors in the kitchen drawer accessible to children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Jun 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · June 4, 2024
CCR 102416.5(d)(2) · Type B
(d) For a Large Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time when there is an assistant provider in the home, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home and the assistant provider's children under age 10, shall be either: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA's observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having 13 children present in the home: 2 infants and 11 preschool age which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. One of the children just started on 06/03/24 and the child's parent came to pick up the child during the inspection.
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Details
- Phone
- (408) 509-9702
- Area
- San Jose, 95128
- License
- 434408105
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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.