Kids & Care INC. · Preschool, Hesperia
Kids & Care INC. was a licensed child care center in Hesperia, CA, licensed for up to 12 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 6 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 8 citations, 5 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above,one staff mandated reporter training (expired) in which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview upon arrival LPA did not observe the posted Type A deficiency report 809 and 809D page on the parent window, wall, or board for parents to view. Per Assistant Director, the parents were notified with LIC 9224 on parent portal app. form has not been signed as of yet.
The Director will bring their center back into compliance by only allowing the number of children specified on their license in attendance and will submit a written statement that they will remain in compliance with capacity regulations no later than 9/29/2023.
Based on interview and record review, LPA did not receive the required documentation within 10 days of the newly appointed Assistant Director at the facility which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risks to the persons in care.
a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(2) To be accorded safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, ... meet his/her needs. This requirement was not evidenced by: Per Site Supervisor stated they will provide a Staff Training to staff and provide proof of the training to Licensing by POC date of 8/18/2023. Based on interviews and record reviews, Child 1 sustained injuries inside the daycare inflicted from other day care children which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
Based on interviews and record reviews, there were injuries and inappropriate behavior that was not reported to Licensing which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having 28 preschoolers in the outdoor play area being supervised by 2 staff exceeding the teacher-child ratio which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above for the capacity limitations by having 28 preschoolers in the outdoor play area which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Allegation- Staff are not supervising children at all times.
Ratio: Facility is operating out of ratio.
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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 367750034 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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