Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab · Infant Center, Santa Monica
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 42 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab last inspected?
Oct 16, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab?
The licensee is Growing Place, and the administrator listed with the state is Lynette Bravo.
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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 197494871 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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