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Cutler Child Care Center

40532 Road 128, Cutler, CA 93615 · Tulare County
1 Type A citation in last 12 months Child care center (preschool)

Cutler Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Cutler, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 2 citations came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #91 of 105 centers in Tulare County and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 76% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #91 of 105 centers in Tulare County
1 Type A citations
2 Type B citations
3 Inspections
0 of 1 Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 2 in the last 12 months · last inspected Nov 13, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Nov 13, 2025 · Inspection · citation found Nov 13, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 15, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Nov 1, 2022 · Inspection · citation found May 17, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1
Building & playground safety 1
Training & qualifications 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Nov 13, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Responsibility for providing care and supervision: No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement 1 Director will submit written statement by
Plan of correction due Nov 14, 2025
Type B Nov 13, 2025 Inspection Building & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(d)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed multiple tripping hazards in the outdoor play area. There are tree roots that are uncovered and ground is uneven. Sidewalk is lifted and there are mutliple cracks on sidewalk, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 11, 2025
Type B Nov 1, 2022 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Upon inspection of 4 staff files, it was observed that staff either had expired Mandated Reporter Training or not available in the file for review. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 29, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated May 17, 2022 Complaint investigation received Feb 22, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 48 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Oct 20, 1999
Licensee Cutler-orosi Joint Unified School District
Administrator Leanne Cerda
Phone (559) 528-6931
State facility # 543801614
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Common questions

Does Cutler Child Care Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Cutler Child Care Center had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 13, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Cutler Child Care Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Cutler Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Tulare County?

It is tied for #91 of 105 centers in Tulare County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Cutler Child Care Center last inspected?

Nov 13, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.

How much does Cutler Child Care Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cutler Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Tulare County, which includes Cutler, was $750 a month for preschoolers (about $950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Cutler Child Care Center?

The licensee is Cutler-orosi Joint Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Leanne Cerda.

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 543801614 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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