Families Forward Learning Center · Preschool, Pasadena
Families Forward Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Pasadena, CA, licensed for up to 63 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 69 centers in Pasadena and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Families Forward Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Families Forward Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Families Forward Learning Center compare with other daycares in Pasadena?
It is tied for #1 of 69 centers in Pasadena by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Families Forward Learning Center last inspected?
Nov 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Families Forward Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Families Forward Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Pasadena, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Families Forward Learning Center?
The licensee is Families Forward Learning Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Ashely Thompson.
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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 198014603 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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