CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center · School-Age Program, Torrance
CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Torrance, CA, licensed for up to 42 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. All 2 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #18 of 41 centers in Torrance and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 4 persons which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 4 persons which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center compare with other daycares in Torrance?
It is tied for #18 of 41 centers in Torrance by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center last inspected?
Jul 7, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Torrance, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs CDC, INC. Friendship Academy Children's Center?
The licensee is Community Development Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Naomi Lopez.
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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 197415939 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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