Children's Choice
Children's Choice was a licensed child care center in El Cajon, CA, licensed for up to 48 children. Its license closed around March 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
Only drivers licensed for the type of vehicle operated shall be permitted to transport children. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Facility representative COO stated that as soon as she found that the driver for the van is required to have a P endorsement, she immediately purchased two other SUVs on 04/07/2023 that has 8 seats to transport the drivers who has been transporting 10 children in the 11 seat Ford Van do not have the “P” endorsement as required by the DMV and California Vehicle Code Section 15278(a)(2). This poses an immediate safety risk to children in care. 8 the children to and from school. Thiis facility has five SUVs to transport chidlren. The van will no longer be use to transport children.
Complaint investigations
Staff do not provide safe transportation to children in care
About this center
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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 376701239 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.