Mill Valley · Licensed family home
Paulsen, Nicole
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 5 licensing inspections since May 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 26, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 20, 2024Nothing cited
Aug 9, 20241 citation
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)Type A
“(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 observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a 13th child in care while not meeting the criteria of Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102416.5(d)(2)
- Nov 17, 2023Nothing cited
- May 11, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 5 inspections. Bay Area family homes inspected 5 times split three ways: 43% had fewer, 28% the same, and 29% more (459 family homes).
How all 459 Bay Area family homes inspected 5 times compare
Of the 459 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None43%
- 1 of 528%This home
- 2 of 517%
- 3 of 58%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- September 26, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2022 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(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 observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a 13th child in care while not meeting the criteria of Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code 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.
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · August 9, 2024
CCR 102416.5(d)(2) · Type A
(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 observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a 13th child in care while not meeting the criteria of Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (415) 302-3890
- Area
- Mill Valley, 94941
- License
- 214200048
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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.