Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente
Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente is a licensed child care center in La Puente, CA, licensed for up to 33 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #27 of 48 centers in La Puente and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Per site supervisor, in the future the two infant classrooms will be combined, or site supervisor will assist or a subsitute teacher will be called from Child Care Careers. A written declaration was submitted to confirm the above statement. During the course of interviews conducted Staff stated due to staff availability two children from the infant classroom #2 were combined with children in the preschool classroom #4 on more than one occasion in the month of May 2026.This incident poses a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.
Complaint investigations
One year child in the 3 years old classroom.
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Common questions
Has Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente compare with other daycares in La Puente?
It is tied for #27 of 48 centers in La Puente by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente last inspected?
Aug 31, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes La Puente, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today), $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) and $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Joy's Children's Learning Center / La Puente?
The licensee is Joy's Children's Learning Center INC./ La Puente, and the administrator listed with the state is Cyprian, J. / Cyprian, C..
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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 198021383 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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