Joyful Chapter is a residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California — state license #415600832, licensed for 52 residents, listed as licensed in the CDSS record we retrieved August 2, 2026. It does not appear on the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers the state waiver only, not a home's own payment arrangements. California has 7 dated inspection and complaint documents on file for this home going back to 2021, the most recent dated April 22, 2026 — published below in full, verbatim and unscored.
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Since 2021, the state has visited this home 7 times and filed 7 documents. The most recent is a facility evaluation report, dated April 22, 2026.
The state's published file for this home includes 1 document with transcribed findings, dated March 21, 2022. 1 of the 1 carries the state's recorded outcome word: “Unfounded” (1). 1 includes the transcribed allegation the state investigated, word for word.
Summary composed by computer from the 1 document below — every count derives from them, and the documents themselves are the state's records, verbatim. We never grade, score, or color a record.
What the state’s words mean
Apr 22, 2026Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
May 9, 2025Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
Feb 10, 2025Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
May 7, 2024Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
Oct 9, 2023Report on file
Report on file with the state — no findings text was published for this visit. The complete document is on the state’s site.
Year-by-year trend
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Is Joyful Chapter licensed?
Yes — Joyful Chapter is a licensed residential care home for the elderly (RCFE) in South San Francisco (San Mateo County): California license #415600832, shown as licensed in the CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026, licensed for 52 residents. State records list 7 inspection and complaint documents since 2021; the most recent, a facility evaluation report dated April 22, 2026, appears in the inspection record on this page.
Can Joyful Chapter care for dementia, hospice, bedridden, or non-ambulatory residents?
From the CDSS license record, checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS license record checked August 2, 2026 lists Joyful Chapter with clearances for wheelchair / non-ambulatory, hospice care, and bedridden; it does not list dementia / memory care. A clearance that is not on file is not a “no” — it may simply be unrecorded, so if your family needs one of these, ask the home directly and confirm its current scope on a tour.
From the California state record. Some approvals are bed- or room-specific — always confirm current scope with the facility.
What the state record says, word for word
Verbatim, from the CDSS license recordAGE RANGE 60 AND OVER. ALL MAY BE NON-AMBULATORY, OF WHICH 8 MAY BE BEDRIDDEN. HOSPICE WAIVER APPROVED FOR EIGHT (8) RESIDENTS.
How much does Joyful Chapter cost?
California's public licensing record does not include Joyful Chapter's monthly price, so we never show or estimate one for a specific home. As county-level context only, assisted living in San Mateo County typically runs $6,000–$9,000/mo and small board-and-care homes $5,000–$8,000/mo (market research compiled June 2026 — ranges, not quotes; California's 2026 SSI/SSP board-and-care payment standard is $1,626.07/month, of which $1,444.07 is the room-and-board portion paid to the home). Ask the home for its own rate sheet and what the base rate includes — or use the cost section at the top of this page.
Does Joyful Chapter accept Medi-Cal or the Assisted Living Waiver?
Joyful Chapter is not in the DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant record we checked August 9, 2026 — that list covers only the state's ALW program, not a home's own payment policies, so ask the home directly about private Medi-Cal arrangements. The waiver pays for assisted-living care services (not room and board) at participating homes; every DHCS-listed home appears on our statewide Medi-Cal page.
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30 of 49 beds occupied (61%) when the state visited on March 21, 2022. Availability changes constantly — confirm a current opening with the home.
What do state inspections show for Joyful Chapter?
Verbatim from CDSS complaint-investigation reports — the state's own words, never summarized by us. Record checked August 2, 2026.
The CDSS state record checked August 2, 2026 lists 7 state visits and 7 dated documents since 2021 for Joyful Chapter; 1 complaint-investigation narrative is transcribed verbatim below. The most recent, dated March 21, 2022, records an allegation the state marked “Unfounded”. Open any entry to read the state's full finding, word for word.
Most licensed homes receive some findings over 36 months; what matters is what was found and whether it was corrected. Counts here are shown compared with homes of similar size, and the state's own words appear in full below.
2022
Transcribed from CDSS complaint-investigation reports · record checked August 2, 2026.
What the state has logged
California has logged 7 state visits for this home as of August 2, 2026. These are the home's own counts, straight from that record — shown beside the statewide median for larger communities (16+ beds), computed across all 1,244 licensed homes of that size, because larger and longer-licensed homes naturally accumulate more visits and reports. They are facts, not a grade — a citation may be minor and since corrected, and an “unsubstantiated” complaint is not a finding of wrongdoing. No substantiated complaints are on file.
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