Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Buena Park, CA, licensed for up to 92 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #28 of 31 centers in Buena Park and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers.
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101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... This requirement is not met evidenced by: 1 Director stated they have provided extra staff to support staff #1 during transition periods. Director also stated classroom #5 has been given a closing teacher so that the classroom no longer has to transition to other classrooms. Based on records reviewed, Directors statements, and the self reported incident, it was revealed that child (C1) was left alone on 10/28/2024, without any adult supervision inside classroom #5 for four minutes which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. 8
101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... This requirement is not met evidenced by: 1 Director will conduct a staff meeting to retrain staff on name-to-face procedure and will submit documentation of the retraining to LPA by due date. Based on interviews, 3 of 3 interviewed staff confirmed C1 was left alone in classroom #8. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
101700.3 California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (b) Testing results...comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 part per billion (ppb) or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met evidenced by: Assistant Director states that facility will submit documentation regarding the test results, after outlet D and G are being fixed and retested by due date. Lab report analysis water from outlet D (5.7 ppb) and oulet G (9.7 ppb) taken on 11/05/2022 indicated levels of lead in exceedance. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. 8
Based on interviews, staff did not provide supervision for one child within two minutes as children were transitioning inside of the classroom. This poses an immediate risk to the safety of children in care. Director provided copies of the supervsion trainings on this date.
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 5, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Buena Park?
It is tied for #28 of 31 centers in Buena Park by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
May 11, 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 Orange County, which includes Buena Park, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Jasmin Canales.
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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 304270397 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.