Here We Grow Early Learning Center · Preschool, Santa Barbara
Here We Grow Early Learning Center was a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 42 children. Its license closed around September 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time 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
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Citations, newest first
Based on review of relevant documentation, elctronic communication, and witness statements, a child (C1) sustained an injury that was due to a lack of supervision, which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Based on review of relevant documentation, electronic communication, and witness statements, a child (C1) sustained an injury that was not documented, which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not maintain the sandbox free of hazardous foreign materials and wood was splintered which posed a potential health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff does not provide adequate supervision resulting in child sustaining injuries.
Staff do not ensure incident reports are documented.
Staff does not ensure playground equipment is in good repair.
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 426216166 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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