Joyful Junction
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
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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
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Other licenses at this address
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups) · LicensedToo few inspections to compareJoyful Junction Preschool
Child care center (preschool) · ClosedToo few inspections to compareJoyful Junction Preschool
School-age child care center · ClosedToo few inspections to compare
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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.