Happy Time Preschool · 7610 Elsie Avenue, Infant Center, Sacramento
Happy Time Preschool is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (1 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #251 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers.
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101223(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidence by... 1 Director is going to have a one on one meeting with both teachers and give a verbal/written warning on how to talk with children. Director will send meeting notes to LPA Based on interviews it was learned that staff 3 was observed to be rough with children in care, inluding grabbing a child by the arm and pulling them. 8
staff interviews; it was found that an infant child was placed in the preschool classroom. 1 Director stated that children from infant program will not be comingled with preschool children. This poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff member handles daycare children in a rough manner
Staff commingled infant with preschooler.
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Common questions
Does Happy Time Preschool take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Happy Time Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 22, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Happy Time Preschool?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Happy Time Preschool compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #251 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Happy Time Preschool last inspected?
Mar 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Happy Time Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Happy Time Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $1,400 a month for infants (about $1,770 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Happy Time Preschool?
The licensee is Happy Time Preschool (Inf), and the administrator listed with the state is Maya Patel.
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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 343623498 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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