Just Like Mom's # 2 Day Care Center
1535 N. Poinsettia Place, Los Angeles, CA 90046 · Los Angeles County
Closed
Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 5, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Just Like Mom's # 2 Day Care Center was a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 50 children. Its license closed around February 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once, investigated 6 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 7 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
2
Type A citations
5
Type B citations
1
Inspections
2 of 6
Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issued
No citation
Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Records & paperwork
2
Sleep safety
1
Supervision
1
Building & playground safety
1
Staff ratios
1
Training & qualifications
1
Citations, newest first
Type B
Jan 14, 2025
Case management visit (deficiencies)
Sleep safety
Napping equipment §101239.1(c)
Based on observation, 1 out of 4 children in video footage was not equipped with sheets to cover the cot.This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 24, 2025
Type A
Nov 1, 2024
Case management visit (deficiencies)
Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
The licensee shall provide...supervision;.No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision...at any time;. shall include visual observation. This Requirement has not been met as evidence by 1 On 11/01/2024 staff locked the storage room making it inaccessible to the children in care. Licensee/applicant will hire qualified staff members and send LPA, LIC 9095 and transcripts Based on observation, that staffs members had no visual observation of child #1 Which poses an immediate, health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Nov 1, 2024
Type A
Nov 1, 2024
Case management visit (deficiencies)
Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(g)
Based on LPAs observation, metal cabinets in the storage room and playground metal cabinets had no safety lock. Which poses an immediate,health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 1, 2024
Type B
Oct 30, 2024
Complaint investigation
Records & paperwork
Children's records §101221(a)
A separate, complete and current record for each child is maintained in the child care center. 1 Prior to enrollement facility will obtain complete records of children, and will send missing forms through email to LPA by POC date 11/15/2024 Based on record review, 2 of the 5 children records were not complete. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care 8
Plan of correction due Nov 15, 2024
Type B
Oct 30, 2024
Complaint investigation
Records & paperwork
Children's records §101221(b)(8)(a)
Each record shall contain. the following:Medical assessment, including. the following health information; Dietary restrictions and allergies. Staff will email, childrens records, and note any child that has any dietery restriction or food allergey to LPA by POC date 11/15/2024 Based on recored review, C1 had incomplete records, thus staff was unaware of food allergies This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care 8
Plan of correction due Nov 15, 2024
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on record review, staff did not meet required units; thus, no staff is fully qualified. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care
Plan of correction due Nov 4, 2024
Type B
Oct 3, 2024
Complaint investigation
Training & qualifications
Teacher qualifications and duties §101216.1(b)(1)
Based on record review, staff is not in ratio, because staff doe not meet qualifications for courses This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 4, 2024
Complaint investigations
Not substantiated
Jan 14, 2025
Complaint investigation
received Oct 21, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiated
Jan 14, 2025
Complaint investigation
received Nov 15, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Substantiated
Oct 30, 2024
Complaint investigation
received Oct 21, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Staff misplaced day-care child's records.
Staff did not follow day-care child's dietary restrictions.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated
Oct 3, 2024
Complaint investigation
received Sep 25, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Unqualified staff providing care and supervision to daycare children.
Facility operating out of ratio.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiated
Feb 12, 2024
Complaint investigation
received Nov 16, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiated
Aug 30, 2023
Complaint investigation
received Jun 2, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
About this center
Licensed capacity
50 children
License type
Child care center (preschool)
License status
Closed
Licensed since
May 23, 1991
Closed
Feb 5, 2025
Licensee
Marina Podelko
Last administrator
Marina Podelko
State facility #
191804654
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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 191804654 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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