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Joyful Junction

20110 Park Road, Tehachapi, CA 93561 · Kern County
ClosedInfant center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 15, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Joyful Junction was a licensed child care center in Tehachapi, CA, licensed for up to 9 children. Its license closed around August 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
1Type B citations
3Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jun 8, 2023 · Inspection · no citationMar 23, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationDec 30, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 7, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 20, 2022 · Inspection · no citationMar 10, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationDec 1, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 22, 2021 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BDec 30, 2022Case management visit (incident)Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(B)
Reporting Requirements. A report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information shall be submitted to the 1 Director states that she will report all unusual incidents to the department within 24 hours and provide a written statement within 7 days of an occurrence of any unusual incident. Director will send an unusual incident report for this occurrence. Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Staff failed to report an unusual incident in which Child #1 was being fed a bottle by teacher and began to choke and change color. 8
Plan of correction due Dec 30, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedMar 23, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Dec 29, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity9 children
License typeInfant center
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceNov 10, 2014
ClosedAug 15, 2023
LicenseeJessica Sloan
Last administratorJessica Sloan
State facility #153808885

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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 153808885 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.