Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2003. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 10 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (5 of 10). 4 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #43 of 49 centers in Whittier and better than 5% of licensed centers statewide.
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(a) The licensee shall ensure that personnel records are maintained on the licensee, administrator and each employee. Each personnel record shall contain the following information: (14) Documentation of either a criminal record clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by... 1 Facility Director Maricruz Flores will transfer existing criminal record clearance for staff member working with school-age children by POC date 05/07/2026. This section is not met as evidence by: Staff member does not have criminal record clearance under the school-age license, and conducts school drop-off and pick-up for school-age children. 8
101212(d)ReportingRequirements(d)Upon the occurrence... of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made... within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. A written report ...shall be submitted to the Department... 1 Center Director Maricruz Flores will submit Unusual Incident Reports for all three incidents that occurred in the month of April 2026 by POC date 05/07/2026. This requirement not met evidenced by: Facility failed to report three seperate incidents that ocurred at the facility in April 2026 to the Department within the required time frame. 8
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, Supervision shall include visual Per Director, the second week of each month a training regarding supervision, children engagement, and personal rights will be held with all staff. supervision. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews conducted, C1 and C2 were left unsupervised by staff watching inappropriate videos on an eletronic device. This posed an immediate risk to the children in care. 8 Per Director a copy of all covered materials, an agenda, and a sign in sheet with all staff names was provided to LPA MAguirre at the time of inspection on 02/17/2026.
101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from... interference with functions of daily living includcing eating, sleeping... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Per Director, the second week of each month a training regarding supervision, children engagement, and personal rights will be held with all staff. Based on interviews conducted, C1 was watching inappropriate videos while C2 was present, resulting in P2 disclosing C2 experiencing an interference with functions of daily living. 8 Per Director a copy of all covered materials, an agenda, and a sign in sheet with all staff names was provided to LPA MAguirre at the time of inspection on 02/17/2026.
Based on interviews, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 1 interactions where a child felt made fun of by a staff by asking if their hair was permed, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 send LPA a description of the training and sign-in sheet signed by all staff that attended and understood the training and viewed the video.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 1 interactions where staff yelled at a child, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the directive above, as one outlet (indoor drinking fountain) out of eight outlets tested with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE). This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 day for 3 weeks and then will scheduled the lead retest date.The facility will provide a written statement on the time line of the fixture replaced, documented and retest date or will remove the water fountain and not use at all.
The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... 1 Director states Child #1 does not attend the facility anymore, and a Training on Behavior and Supervision was given to staff on 10/10/22. LPA received Participant Guide for the training. Director will ensure that childrens personal rights are being protected by giving teachers Based on interviews and records reviewed, staff did not protect childrens personal rights from being violated by Child #1 8 additional training once a month regarding dealing with childrens behaviors. Director states she will connect with Inclusion Services to prevent maladaptive behaviors and ensure childrens personal rights.
Based on interviews and records reviewed staff did not prevent children from being bullied while at the facility. 8 additional training once a month regarding dealing with childrens behaviors. Director states she will follow-up with children's concerns regarding behavior. Director states she will connect with Inclusion Services to prevent bullying and other maladaptive behaviors.
Based on interviews conducted, the Director did not ensure that qualified staff supervised the escorting of children to and from classrooms which posses a potential health & safety risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff yelled at daycare child
Administrator do not prevent daycare children from being bullied
Children being hurt by another child
Unqualified staff supervising children
About this center
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 17, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 4. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Whittier?
It is tied for #43 of 49 centers in Whittier by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 5% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Feb 17, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Whittier, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Education LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Maricruz Flores.
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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 198008241 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.