Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center · School-Age Program, Selma
Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center is a licensed child care center in Selma, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Selma and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
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Direcotor stated stated since outbreak has implemented all staff and children 2 years and older to wear masks indoors. (LPA obsereved children and staff wearing masks indoors). Deficiency cleared at visit. staff interviews revealed staff and children 2 years and older were not wearing face coverings indoors. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Allegation 1: Face masks are not being worn at the day care.
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Common questions
Does Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center compare with other daycares in Selma?
It is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Selma by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center last inspected?
Oct 21, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Fresno County, which includes Selma, was $767 a month for school-age children (about $970 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Joyful Beginings Enrichment Center?
The licensee is First Church Of The Nazarene, and the administrator listed with the state is Amelita Davis.
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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 103808568 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.