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Dream World Day Care Center

2021 W Compton Blvd, Compton, CA 90220 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 7, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Dream World Day Care Center was a licensed child care center in Compton, CA, licensed for up to 12 children. Its license closed around August 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
0Type B citations
0Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Sep 26, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 20, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type AJul 20, 2023Complaint investigationOther standards
Child day care facilities, licenses §1596.80
1596.80 Child day care facilities, licenses: No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a child day care facility in this state without a current valid license, therefore as provided in this act. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Beverly Kelly stated they will crease operation by end of bussiness day 07/20/23. Parents will be informed in person during pick up. Kelly stated a notice of closure was will be given to parents. Based on observations, interviews & record review, the facility was found to be unsafely operating without a valid license. The facility does not meet requirements for exemption from Licensure which poses a immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jul 21, 2023

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedJul 20, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Jul 12, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Unlicensed Care
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity12 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed since—
ClosedAug 7, 2023
LicenseeKaren Ruffins
Last administratorKaren Ruffins
State facility #198400708

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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 198400708 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.