Creative Beginnings Preschool · 10819 New Street, Downey
Creative Beginnings Preschool is a licensed child care center in Downey, CA, licensed for up to 99 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 17 centers in Downey and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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based on record reviewed and interview conducted facility failed to report new hired director which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above for mandated reporter training. None of the facility obtain current mandated reporter training which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Creative Beginnings Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Creative Beginnings Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Creative Beginnings Preschool?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Creative Beginnings Preschool compare with other daycares in Downey?
It is #8 of 17 centers in Downey by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Creative Beginnings Preschool last inspected?
Feb 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Creative Beginnings Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Beginnings Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Downey, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Beginnings Preschool?
The licensee is Creative Beginnings Schools Association, and the administrator listed with the state is Liane D'Arezzo.
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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 198002651 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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