Joyful Noise Child Development Center
Joyful Noise Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Oakhurst, CA, licensed for up to 84 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #4 of 5 centers in Oakhurst and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on staff interviews, Staff #5 escorted Child #1 by the wrist to prevent Child #1 from hitting, fleeing, and while Child #1 was pulling away. This resulted in redness to the child’s wrist. This poses a potential risk to health, safety and personal rights to the children in care.
records review and interviews. 1 Administrator Cederblom stated she and staff would conduct a training on best practices in safety handling misbehavior/tantrums and watch ccld.ca.gov video titled "Personal Rights". Signed staff agenda and video transcript will be submitted to the Department by POC date: 5/13/2022. LPA Ocegueda obtained corroborating interviews and photos that revealed staff #1 picked up child #1 during a tantrum to place child in "time out" area and in doing so, caused markings on his/her armpit area. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and or personal rights to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff handled day care child in a rough manner
Staff caused injuries to a daycare child
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About this center
Common questions
Does Joyful Noise Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Joyful Noise Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Joyful Noise Child Development Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Joyful Noise Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Oakhurst?
It is #4 of 5 centers in Oakhurst by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Joyful Noise Child Development Center last inspected?
May 27, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Joyful Noise Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joyful Noise Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Madera County, which includes Oakhurst, was $823 a month for preschoolers (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Joyful Noise Child Development Center?
The licensee is Mountain Christian Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Carissa Cederblom.
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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 200407399 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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