Herrera Head Start
Herrera Head Start is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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interviews condcuted and documentation obtained indicating that Staff #6 violated Child #1's personal Rights whic poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
interviews conducted indicating that Staff #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, and #7 were aware of the incident that occurred on 04/11/22 and did not report to the department which poses a potential health and safetyr isk to children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Herrera Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Herrera Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
When was Herrera Head Start last inspected?
Oct 1, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Herrera Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Herrera Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Herrera Head Start?
The licensee is Long Beach Unified School District Head Start, and the administrator listed with the state is Lashell Diggs.
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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 198400390 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.