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Alicante Child Development Center

7998 Alicante Avenue, Lamont, CA 93241 · Kern County
Child care center (preschool)

Alicante Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Lamont, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #4 of 6 centers in Lamont and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 45%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. About typical
#4 of 6 centers in Lamont
0Type A citations
2Type B citations
4Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Sep 2, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Sep 2, 2026 · Inspection · no citationNov 19, 2025 · Inspection · no citationJun 27, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 30, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJul 6, 2023 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1
Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BJun 27, 2025Case management visit (incident)Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Personal Rights(a)(2): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 Facility will conduct a staff training on Children's Personal Rights in Child Care on the CDSS website and send proof of Personnel Sign in Sheets of the training to LPA Tamayo no later than 07/11/2025 for proof of completion. Staff initially advised for child #1 to not hang on the rails, however staff did not intervene or intercept the child from hanging on the slide rails, which resulted in child #1 sustaining a one inch laceration to their head. This poses a potential health and safety risk to day care children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jul 11, 2025
Type BJul 6, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Carbon monoxide detectors §1596.954
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility did not have a carbon monoxide detector in the premises, which poses posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care
Plan of correction due Jul 6, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity20 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceSep 3, 2002
LicenseeCommunity Action Partnership Of Kern
AdministratorEvelyn Hernandez
Phone(661) 845-3901
State facility #153801931

Common questions

Does Alicante Child Development Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Alicante Child Development Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.

How does Alicante Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Lamont?

It is #4 of 6 centers in Lamont by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Alicante Child Development Center last inspected?

Sep 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Alicante Child Development Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Alicante Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Lamont, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Alicante Child Development Center?

The licensee is Community Action Partnership Of Kern, and the administrator listed with the state is Evelyn Hernandez.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 153801931 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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