Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center
Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 204 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #99 of 124 centers in Long Beach and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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LPA observed advertisement to attract clients without a License number listed. This is a potential risk to children in care.
LPA received staff disclosure that the facility used Room 11 (upstairs) as a preschool classroom since 2020 prior to having a Fire Clearance made through the Department. A $500 civil penalty was assessed. This is an immediate risk to children in care.
LPA observed two medications that were not maintained with dates and had expired label dates of 4/2023 and 7/2021. This is a potential risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff advertised or represented facility as a licensed infant child care center without first obtaining a valid infant license
Fire Clearance
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About this center
Common questions
Does Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 6, 2023, for fire clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center compare with other daycares in Long Beach?
It is tied for #99 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center last inspected?
Feb 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center?
The licensee is Jewish Community Center Of Long Beach, and the administrator listed with the state is Emily Gould.
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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 191600443 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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