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KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center

1200 Plum Tree Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011 · San Diego County
2 substantiated complaintsInfant center

KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center is a licensed child care center in Carlsbad, CA, licensed for up to 43 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (2 of 6). 3 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 72%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad
0Type A citations
6Type B citations
4Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated
6 citations from 14 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 3 in the last 12 months · last inspected Jul 29, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 6, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 29, 2026 · Inspection · no citationMay 28, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 13, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 19, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation foundJan 15, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 4, 2025 · Inspection · no citationMar 7, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundAug 28, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJul 25, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 6, 2023 · Inspection · no citationMar 2, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 2, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundAug 5, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication2
Building & playground safety2
Caregiver conduct1
Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type BFeb 19, 2026Complaint investigationHealth & medication
Children's immunizations §101220.1(a)
Based on interviews and children's records review the director did not have at least 1 child immunized prior to enrollment .This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 Deficiency Dismissed
Plan of correction due Feb 27, 2026
Type BFeb 19, 2026Complaint investigationHealth & medication
Children's immunizations §101220.1(g)
Based on interviews and children's records review the director did not have childrens immunizations records complete. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 19, 2026
Type BJan 15, 2026Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Infant Care General Sanitation §101438.1(d)
… Correction has been done. Director stated that all staff training was conducted on 12/19/26. LPA was provided sign in sheet with agenda. Based upon facility interviews with multiple parties, the facility was not sanitizing consistently in some rooms which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 15, 2026
Type BMar 7, 2025Case management visit (incident)Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
... 1 Director stated she retrained both S1 & S2 on bottle feeding procedures and will have a training for the entire staff on 3/20/25 and will send signed staff agenda to LPA Lane via e-mail by 3/21/25. Staff will follow verification aloud with a 2nd person before providing an infant a bottle. Based upon incident report received from facility and staff interviews, S2 gave C1 the wrong bottle and did not follow facility protocols to ensure C1 received the correct bottle with is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 21, 2025
Type BMar 2, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
Based on water testing results and interviews, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance in the infant rooms and Toddler B (3) room. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 30, 2023
Type BAug 5, 2022Case management visit (incident)Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(a)
Based on interviews, it was determined that staff members did not verify the correct date on a bottle of formula before feeding an infant. This resulted in a child being fed a partially consumed, day old bottle that had been repacked by the child's mother. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 No further correction is being required by Licensing today.
Plan of correction due Aug 19, 2022

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Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedMay 13, 2026Complaint investigationreceived Apr 29, 2026
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedFeb 19, 2026Complaint investigationreceived Feb 11, 2026
Substantiated allegation:
Staff allows unvaccinated children to attend daycare.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedJan 15, 2026Complaint investigationreceived Dec 11, 2025
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity43 children
License typeInfant center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceAug 23, 2000
LicenseeKindercare Learning Centers LLC
AdministratorAmanda Hernandez
Phone(760) 435-0001
State facility #376600648

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Common questions

Does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center take infants?

Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.

Has KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center?

California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center compare with other daycares in Carlsbad?

It is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center last inspected?

Jul 29, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Carlsbad, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center?

The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Amanda Hernandez.

Licensed centers nearby

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 376600648 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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