Mountain View · Licensed family home

Barbara Bird Family Child Care

Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since December 2022.

Of the 68 Bay Area family homes with 2 licensing inspections, 19% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this home did. 3% had rules cited at both, 78% at neither.

Licensing inspections

Aug 29, 20245 citations

“(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: N/A”
CCR 102417(g)
“An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed one infant swaddled by way of the use of a sleep sack which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Sleep sacks are considered a form of swaddling and are not allowed to be used in a licensed family child care home.”
CCR 102425(f)
“(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 as 3 children's immunization records need to be updated and immunization records were missing for 7 children's files which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102418(g)(1)
“(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 as 2 children had incomplete/missing Identification & Emergency (LIC 700) forms and 8 children had incomplete/missing Consent for Emergency Medical Treatment (LIC 627) forms which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102417(g)(7)

1 more from this inspection

“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 record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as documentation of 15-minute checks for sleeping infants are not being performed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102425(j)(2)(D)

Dec 22, 2022No rules cited

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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit: August 29, 2024
On file: 2 visits since December 2022 — 1 cited nothing
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.

Aug 2024 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · August 29, 2024

CCR 102417(g) · 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: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: N/A

CCR 102425(f) · Type B

An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed one infant swaddled by way of the use of a sleep sack which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Sleep sacks are considered a form of swaddling and are not allowed to be used in a licensed family child care home.

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 as 3 children's immunization records need to be updated and immunization records were missing for 7 children's files 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 as 2 children had incomplete/missing Identification & Emergency (LIC 700) forms and 8 children had incomplete/missing Consent for Emergency Medical Treatment (LIC 627) forms 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 record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as documentation of 15-minute checks for sleeping infants are not being performed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

(650) 704-1488

Area: Mountain View, 94040
License: 435700372, active

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 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.