Boehm Child Development Center
Boehm Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Palm Desert, CA, licensed for up to 66 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (1 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #12 of 18 centers in Palm Desert and has more citations per inspection than 69% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where LPA found an assistant was alone with 10 children. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, S1 handled day care children inappropriately on one or more occasions by placing their hands on the children’s stomach, head and forcing the child to stay down. This is an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation & record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in child #6 medication expired on 1/2023, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Boehm Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Boehm Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 14, 2023, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Boehm Child Development Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Boehm Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Palm Desert?
It is tied for #12 of 18 centers in Palm Desert by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 69% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Boehm Child Development Center last inspected?
Oct 16, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Boehm Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Boehm Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Palm Desert, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Boehm Child Development Center?
The licensee is Boehm Child Development Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Cathy Knudsen.
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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 334806287 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.