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Cultivate Children's Center · Child Care Center, San Diego

6555 Balboa Avenue Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92111 · San Diego County
1 substantiated complaint Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Cultivate Children's Center is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 32 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have not made a routine inspection and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A, most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has not inspected this center since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0 Type A citations
3 Type B citations
0 Inspections
1 of 1 Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 1 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Apr 21, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation found Jun 12, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 2
Supervision 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Apr 21, 2026 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on interviews conducted S1 left children in the classroom alone for about 1 minute to get C1 who eloped from the classroom. This is a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 24, 2026
Type B Jun 12, 2025 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Center director, Ms. Arnold, stated that the facility will conduct a re-training for the entire staff on Personal Rights, as documented in Title 22. A copy of the regulation was provided by the LPA. TSP Program was recommended by LPA. Based upon interviews, it was determined that staff members were physically excessive in employing techniques to restrain children’s challenging behaviors, which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Facility will submit a copy of the training agenda and a signed/dated attendance sheet to LPA Poindexter by the
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2025
Type B Jun 12, 2025 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
… 1 Center director, Ms. Arnold, stated that the facility will conduct a re-training for the entire staff and on Personal Rights, as documented in Title 22. A copy of the regulation was provided by the LPA. TSP Program was recommended by LPA. Based upon interviews, it was determined that staff members loosely covered the heads and faces of several children in care to induce sleep, which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Facility will submit a copy of the training agenda and a signed/dated attendance sheet to LPA Poindexter by the
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2025

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Jun 12, 2025 Complaint investigation received Mar 24, 2025
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 32 children
License type Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Nov 15, 2024
Licensee Coco Nib's Crew
Administrator Belinda Arnold
Phone (858) 522-9412
State facility # 376105188
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Common questions

Has Cultivate Children's Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Cultivate Children's Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How much does Cultivate Children's Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cultivate Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today), $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Cultivate Children's Center?

The licensee is Coco Nib's Crew, and the administrator listed with the state is Belinda Arnold.

Licensed centers nearby

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 376105188 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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