Head Start - Pine Grove
Head Start - Pine Grove was a licensed child care center in Crescent City, CA, licensed for up to 20 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
a staff used inappropriate verbal and physical discipline methods. 8 with additional personnel to prevent further incidents and to mitigate staff and children's personal rights issues, and provided written training records of staff, communication to Head Start, and internal investigation records to Licensing. POC cleared at time of closing inspection visit.
a staff used an inappropriate method of discipline by flicking 1 Site supervisor spoke to staff and conducted a all-staff re-training on personal rights, and also gave the teacher in question a written warning and provided documentation to Licensing. POC cleared during visit. wood chips back at a child.
a child was able to leave the site playground into the next-door playground. Facility staff self reported the incident to Licensing per Title 22 regulations.
Complaint investigations
Staff handled children in a rough manner
Staff physically restrained children in care
Staff yelled at children in care
Staff spoke inappropriately to children in care
About this center
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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 085406278 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.