JCC Early Childhood Learning Center · Preschool, Irvine
JCC Early Childhood Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Irvine, CA, licensed for up to 340 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #81 of 106 centers in Irvine and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
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101223(a)(3) Personal Rights(3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living....aids to physical functioning. 1 Director provided LPA with a written statement plan. Director is conducting a Professional Development trianing for the week of 8/21-8/25, 2023. Director will emphasize on the importance of children's personal rights. Director will provide LPA with a list of staff with signatures, that received the training due 9-1-23. Staff #5 will continue to meet with HR consultant. This requirement is not met as evidence by:Based on LPA’s interviews,S5 admitted knocking over C1’s magnet tiles tower because C1 took a magnet tile from other child.A1 disclosed witnessing S5 knocked over C1's magnet tile tower. The action poses an immediate risk to the health of child in care. 8
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time,except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. Director provided LPA with a written statement plan. Director will conduct training for staff on Supervision. Director will provide LPA with a list of staff names and their signatures due 9/1/23. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on LPA’s interviews and observation,on 4/14/2023 C1 received a scratch on the hand after waking up from nap and the 2 staff members who was supervising C1 did not know how C1 received the scratch. This action poses an immediate risk to the safety of the child in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff member used an inappropriate form of discipline with day care child in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does JCC Early Childhood Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has JCC Early Childhood Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 22, 2023, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about JCC Early Childhood Learning Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does JCC Early Childhood Learning Center compare with other daycares in Irvine?
It is tied for #81 of 106 centers in Irvine by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was JCC Early Childhood Learning Center last inspected?
Sep 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does JCC Early Childhood Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask JCC Early Childhood Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Irvine, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs JCC Early Childhood Learning Center?
The licensee is Jewish Community Center Of Orange County, and the administrator listed with the state is Sheila Dalva-hornback.
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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 304370109 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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