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Children's Country House

2821 Santa Rosa, Altadena, CA 91001 · Los Angeles County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 2, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Children's Country House was a licensed child care center in Altadena, CA, licensed for up to 34 children. Its license closed around February 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

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

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Jan 2, 2025 · Inspection · citation found Jun 27, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Feb 22, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 1
Caregiver conduct 1
Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jan 2, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 2 staff have expired mandated reporter certificates, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 10, 2025
Type A Feb 22, 2022 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
101223(a)(3)- To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting;... 1 Per Director, staff was immediately terminated from facility however due to the nature of the incident, the director will also provide copies to the parents of the children in care for up to one year. A copy of the LIC 9224 - Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Reports was provided to the Director.
Plan of correction due Feb 22, 2022
Type B Feb 22, 2022 Complaint investigation Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)
101212(d)-Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. 1 Director will report all unusual inicdent report to the department as required by Title 22 within 24 hours of incident and submit a written report with 7 days following the occurence of unusual incident. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. 8
Plan of correction due Feb 22, 2022

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Feb 22, 2022 Complaint investigation received Dec 10, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Personal Rights
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 34 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Mar 1, 1993
Closed Feb 2, 2025
Licensee Debera Nielson
Last administrator Debera Nielson
State facility # 191200190

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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 191200190 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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