Family daycare on Lake Murray Boulevard in La Mesa comes from Upstart Daycare, an in-home program near Lake Murray enrolling up to eight children ages two through twelve. The USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participant serves nutritionally balanced meals on-site, following the same federal dietary guidelines that shape youth nutrition programming at La Mesa Parks and Recreation. The facility cleared inspection by both the California Community Care Licensing Division and Heartland Fire Rescue, meeting state standards for in-home childcare safety, fire egress, and caregiver-to-child ratios. Programming covers a multi-age developmental range, accommodating after-school and no-school-day care for older children alongside the preschool-age core—a schedule flexibility that pairs with the family-oriented pediatric scheduling at A Shop For Smiles. The diverse learning environment integrates age-differentiated activity stations, structured circle-time literacy blocks, and supervised outdoor play within a CACFP-compliant meal cycle covering breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack.