Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon
Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon is a licensed child care center in Irvine, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #94 of 106 centers in Irvine and has more citations per inspection than 87% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is...(1)To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Training with staff regarding childrens personal rights. A copy will be emailed to LPA Navar by 6/21/2024 Based on LPAs interviews. Facility staff cut child’s hair without permission from the child’s authorized representative, 8
101212 Reporting Requirements(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center...(1)Events reported shall include... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Training with staff regarding reporting requirements. A copy of training will be emailed to LPA Navar by 6/21/2024. Based on LPA's interviews. Facility staff cut child's hair without authourized represenatives permsission and did not report it to the Department of Soical Sevices. 8
Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights(3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Review children personal rights disucss escalation techniques and mediation techniques. Site supervisor stated he will email the agenda with meeting notes and each staff signature of acknowledgement. A self-reported incident reported to the CCL office on 03/27/2024 reported a childs personal rights were being violated by a staff grabbing both wrist of a child in a rough manner. 8
Staff 1 disclosed that Staff 1 was not aware that Child #1 had exited the classroom until Adult #1 told Staff 1. Child #1 was estimated to be left unattended for approximately 4-5 minutes and had walked about 40 ft from the classroom to the tree aitting area alone.
Complaint investigations
Facility staff cut child's' hair without permission from child's' authorized representative.
Facility staff does not ensure reporting requirements are followed.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 5, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon compare with other daycares in Irvine?
It is tied for #94 of 106 centers in Irvine by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 87% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon last inspected?
Sep 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Irvine, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Catalyst Kids-hicks Canyon?
The licensee is Catalyst Family INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Natalie Peratia.
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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 304370115 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.