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California · La Crescenta · 91214

First Steps Preschool

3950 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta, CA 91214 · Los Angeles County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jul 1, 2022. Its state inspection history is shown below.

First Steps Preschool was a licensed child care center in La Crescenta, CA, licensed for up to 57 children. Its license closed around July 2022. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time, and issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

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

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Feb 28, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Background checks1
Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type AFeb 28, 2022InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in allowing Melania Grigorian to begin work at the facility with children as of 8/24/2021, without first ensuring that they had an eligible Criminal Backgroung Clearance, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 1, 2022
Type BFeb 28, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on record reveiw, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 6 out of 7 staff files, Staff #1-5 & #7, do not have a current Mandated Reporter Child Care Provider (AB1207) Training proof of completion, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 14, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity57 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJan 2, 1996
ClosedJul 1, 2022
LicenseePreschool Educational Corporation
Last administratorKatrine Ebrahimian
State facility #198001618

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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 198001618 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.