Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare · Preschool, Yuba City
Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare is a licensed child care center in Yuba City, CA, licensed for up to 35 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 9 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #25 of 27 centers in Yuba City and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision... (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. Facility representative has adjusted staffing so that staff are able to stay in one area during their shift. Supervision training will be provided to staff and proof will be submittted to CCLD by 8/29/2024. elizabeth.friese@dss.ca.gov Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 instance of leaving children unsupervised, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 instance of staff inappropriately tapping a child with a book, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 instance of an accessible body of water which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that most trash cans were uncovered, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The licensee failed to obtain a Criminal Record Clearance for Staff #1 and Staff #2 prior to prior to allowing them to work at the facility. 8 The licensee agrees to provide proof of Staff #1 and Staff #2 being livescanned.
Staff, parent and child interviews disclosing knowledge of staff yelling and handling a child in a rough manner. 8 she will ensure that the personal rights of all children shall be accorded. Plan of correction shall be submitted to CCLD on or before 2/16/2024.
adult and staff interviews conducted revealed the Director is not on-site for the required amount of time to manage the daily operation of the facility.
LPA did not observe the Notice of Site provided from LPA's previous inspection made to the facility on 10/23/2023. 8 During today's inspection Owner/Executive Director posted the Notice of Site Visits on a bulletin board located in the lobby. The plan of correction shall be submitted to CCLD on or before 12/01/2023.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 2 files, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff hit a child with a book
A lack of supervision resulted in children having access to hazardous objects
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Common questions
Does Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 28, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare compare with other daycares in Yuba City?
It is tied for #25 of 27 centers in Yuba City by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare last inspected?
Aug 5, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sutter County, which includes Yuba City, was $697 a month for preschoolers (about $880 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Kids Preschool & Daycare?
The licensee is Creative Kids Discovery Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Elizabeth Trisler.
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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 515404615 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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