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Casa Dei Bambini

624 East Camino Colegio, Santa Maria, CA 93454 · Santa Barbara County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 27, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Casa Dei Bambini was a licensed child care center in Santa Maria, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around September 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2Type A citations
1Type B citations
0Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 3, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationSep 1, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 5, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 14, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation foundFeb 8, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct2
Supervision1

Citations, newest first

Type AJun 14, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Personal Rights- (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 0n 6/13/22 Director reached out to facility mentor, Shannon Waltkins to discuss the situation and identifying a policy to ensure all staff is aware when children required accomidation. Based on staff interviews conducted and video footage the center failed to ensure the child's personal rights were not violated. Video footage shows child did not have proper furnishing for napping as C1 is observed laying on the cement. Video footage shows C1 laying directly on the cement from 11:14am- 12:28pm. 8 Video footage shows P2 running into the facility at 12:28am and immediately picking up C1 and removing C1 from the sun. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. Deficiency Dismissed
Plan of correction due Jun 15, 2022
Type AJun 14, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal Rights
Health-Related Services (c) The licensee shall obtain emergency medical treatment without specific instructions from the child's authorized representative...or if the nature of the child's illness or injury is such that there should be no delay in getting medical treatment for the child. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Director is updating facility's admission and needs and services plan to ensure facility is aware of any and all medical needs for children. Facility will use color coded systems to identify children with medical needs. Director agrees to call ambulance right away if any child or staff ever require immediate medical attention. Based on interviews conducts and review of video footage, the center failed to provide C1 with appropriate medical treatment. Video footage shows S2, S3, S10 and Director all checked on C1 as C1 laid on the cement. Conversation between Director, P1 and P2 show that P1 and P2 asked Director to move C1 from sun due to C1 having heat strokes. 8 This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients/children in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 15, 2022
Type BJun 14, 2022Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision. (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Director stated that all scissors have been removed from the classroom and are only used under direct supervision. Director reported having a staff meeting and discussed a scissors policy. Moving forward all sissors will be located on a caddy and when staff have activities that require sissors, staff is responsible for taking caddy and placing Based on interviews with S2 and S4, both had knowledge of more than one situation when chidlren had access to scissors and were able to cut each others hair. Based on record review, S1 was written up when at least one situation occured. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients/children in care. 8 it in an area that is not acessible to children in care. Directed agrees that all caddys are to remain in an elevated art shelf. Director agrees to submit pictures of placement of scissors to francisca.velazquez@dss.ca.gov CCR
Plan of correction due Jun 15, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJun 14, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jun 10, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
3 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceNov 20, 2020
ClosedSep 27, 2023
LicenseeCasa Dei Bambini, LLC
Last administratorMaurina Gutierrez
State facility #426216050

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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 426216050 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.