“Based upon facility documents and interviews with multiple parties, Child C2 was given Child C1's bottle to drink.”California CCLD inspector, Jan 29, 2026 report. Quoted verbatim.
Oct 9, 2025Other visitMinorPool SafetyCalifornia: Type BCorrection due Oct 30, 2025
6findings in 36 months0verified corrected by California0corrected during the visit6with a plan or deadline only
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KinderCare Education LLC
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20263 visits · 2 recorded findings
Oct 6, 2026Other visit1 finding
Standard 101227(a)(18)
Severity N/A
Severity: N/A — not provided
Narrative not available. Check the state record for report details.
Correction due Oct 20, 2026. No state verification date is shown.
Standard 101227(a)(18)
State severity
N/A — not provided
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Oct 20, 2026
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2026-10-06:101227(a)(18):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2026-10-06:other
May 7, 2026Other visit
No findings recorded
Jan 29, 2026Other visit1 finding
Standard 101223(a)(2)
Minor
Based upon facility documents and interviews with multiple parties, Child C2 was given Child C1's bottle to drink. This posed a potential risk to the health and safety of the child.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Correction has already been addressed. Per Ms. Howerton, all infant staff has been retrained in “Safe Bottle Feeding” as of 1/22/26. LPA was provided with training agenda (with staff signatures), which included enhanced sign-off requirements. Joelle Redding Gerald Poindexter DATE: 01/29/2026 DATE: 01/29/2026 Page: 3 of 3
the occurrence of such event. This requirement is not met as evidence by: On 10/23/2023, it was alleged that a staff had pushed a child and yelled at a child in care. Facility did not report the alleged incident to the department. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Director stated that she was not aware that she had to report the alleged personal rights incident to the department. Director stated that she will review the reporting requirement regulation with her staff members. She will also review the unusual incident form with her staff. Director will submit the unusual incident form along with her new operation and records orientation certificate to Licensing no later than 11/13/2023.
Standard 101212(d)(1)(c)
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Nov 13, 2023
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2023-10-31:101212(d)(1)(c):1
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ca:376700316:2023-10-31:other
Standard 101170(e)(2)
Severity N/A
Severity: N/A — not provided
Narrative not available. Check the state record for report details.
Correction due Nov 13, 2023. No state verification date is shown.
Standard 101170(e)(2)
State severity
N/A — not provided
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Nov 13, 2023
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2023-10-31:101170(e)(2):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2023-10-31:other
Jul 11, 2023Inspection
1 finding
101237 Alterations to Existing Buildings or New Facilities
Minor
Based on observation and interview with Director, the licensee did not comply with the section as facility had replaced their play sturcture at the toddler playground that started in May of 2023 and completed on June 2023. Facility did not notify licenseing prior to the alterations. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Director will submit a written plan of correction on what the facility will do to ensure that they do not violate the same or similar violation in the future to LPA no later than 07/24/2023.
Standard 101237(a) · 101237 Alterations to Existing Buildings or New Facilities
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Jul 24, 2023
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2023-07-11:101237(a):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2023-07-11:inspection
Mar 7, 2023Complaint investigation · substantiated
1 finding
Standard 101416.5(b)
Minor
One teacher supervising five infants as the fifth child was dropped off at 7:20am and the second staff did not arrive to class until 7:25am. Statements obtained, there has been times that the room was out of ratio due to a staff being late to work. This poses a potential health and safety risk to clients in care.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Director stated that she adjusted the staff members hours by having another staff takes over the shift of the staff that was struggling to be at work on time during mid January 2023. Director will remind all infant and toddler staff to ask the parent to stay or seek help to ensure that the facility remains in ratio at all times. Training agenda and staff members sign in sheet shall be submitted to LPA by 3/14/2023 .
Standard 101416.5(b)
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Mar 14, 2023
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2023-03-07:101416.5(b):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2023-03-07:report
Nov 2, 2022Other visit
1 finding
Standard 101216(a)
Minor
This requirement was not met when Staff #2 and #3 fed the wrong bottle of milk to infant #1 because they did not verify the bottle information prior to feeding. Infant#1 did not sustain any allergic reaction to the wrong bottle of breast milk. This is a potential hazard to children in care if not corrected.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Director conducted training with all of the infant teachers and support teachers regarding the name to face check before placing the bottle in the warmer and before feeding the baby with verification from a second teacher per KinderCare's bottle policy. Director submitted the staff's members training agendas with all the staff's names and signatures of the training provided to them.
Standard 101216(a)
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Nov 3, 2022
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2022-11-02:101216(a):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2022-11-02:other
Nov 10, 2021Inspection
1 finding
Modifications to Infant Needs and Services Plan
Minor
Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in 16 out of 23 children's file did not have an updated needs and services plan for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A correction plan is recorded. No state verification date is shown.
Recorded plan of correction
Director stated that they will provide a needs and services plan for the parents to complete and update for the children in care. Director will submit a copy of the forms to Analyst no later than 11/30/2021. Director shall provide a writtten plan of correction on how to ensure that the facility will comply with having an updated needs and services plan for children in care.
Standard 101419.3(a) · Modifications to Infant Needs and Services Plan
State severity
Type B
Corrected at visit
Not recorded
Correction due
Nov 30, 2021
Technical assistance
Not recorded
Finding source ID
ca:376700316:2021-11-10:101419.3(a):1
Visit source ID
ca:376700316:2021-11-10:inspection
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