The Baby Academy · Infant Center, Oakland
The Baby Academy is a licensed child care center in Oakland, CA, licensed for up to 8 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 7 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (4 of 8). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #128 of 142 centers in Oakland and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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A REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE CURRENT CPR & 1ST AID IN FILE
A REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED STAFF DO NOT HAVE CURRENT MANDATED REPORTER CERTIFICATES ON FILE
ARE REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED MS. KEISHA AND MS. JENNIFER DO NOT HAVE HEALTH SCREENINGS/TB TEST ON FILE
101212 (d)(1)(e) Reporting Requirements. Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. Epidemic outbreaks. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 By POC date Owner will submit in writing the outbreaks to CCLD. Owner did not report to CCLD of the two outbreaks by telephone within Departments next working day or notify in writing within seven days following the outbreak. This poses a potential health and safety of the children in care. 8
Owner will submit a Director packet within
staff, interviews interviews indicated that infants are present in the yard at the same time with the preschool children with no seperation or barricades seperating the 2 components. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 1 Danyelle will send a schedule of infant and preschool program showing nap time, outdoor play, lunch time schedules and/or place a barricade that seperates the infant yard from preschool, which will need approval thereafter from CCLD.
document review and licensee interview. There is no documentation that individual in the classroom is a qualified teacher. This poses an potential health and safety risk to children in care. 1 Licensee will provide documentation that proves staff member is a fully qualified teacher or must meet appropriate staff-infant ratio by due date 11/17/21.
(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. 1 Licensee will provide documentation that proves both staff members are fully qualified teachers.
Complaint investigations
LICENSE- Director does not ensure that at least one staff present has current CPR/1ST AID on file
License - Comingling of infants and preschoolers
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About this center
Common questions
Does The Baby Academy take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has The Baby Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 8 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Baby Academy?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Baby Academy compare with other daycares in Oakland?
It is tied for #128 of 142 centers in Oakland by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Baby Academy last inspected?
Apr 23, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Baby Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Baby Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Oakland, was $1,874 a month for infants (about $2,360 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Baby Academy?
The licensee is Lakesha D. Aarif, and the administrator listed with the state is Yolanda Love.
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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 013421994 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.