Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Yucaipa, CA, licensed for up to 68 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 11 citations, 5 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 11). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #7 of 8 centers in Yucaipa and has more citations per inspection than 98% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility did not have an LIC9224 in any of the childrens files. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, LPA did not see that all immunizations were on file for 5 out of 6 staff, meaning the facility did not comply with the section cited above. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] 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 section cited above in 1 out of 6 staff. Staff did not have any ECE units in her file during record review. This 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 section cited above. This 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 section cited above. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observation, records reviewed and interviews conducted, Facility staff could not recall changing or toileting the child from 4:07pm until 5:33pm. Additionally, staff did not log any diapering changes or potty training attempts in the Kindercare app. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 Director agrees to submit training agenda and training sign in sheet on to LPA by POC date of 02/14/2023.
On 10/26/2022, Assistant Director provided a copy of Release for a Personal Care Assistant or Service Provider form. Per Assistant Director, the form is in the process of being completed. Assistant Director/Director agrees to have the form fully completed and agrees to submit a copy of the form to the Riverside Regional Office. During facility observations, LPA Hogue observed an One on One Aide assisting a teacher in the Three's Classroom. The Aide was setting up classroom mats, serving milk, and handing out blankets to children in care which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Assistant DIrector agrees to place the completed form in the child(ren)'s file. Assistant Director agrees to submit a written plan detailing how the facility will ensure they're following KinderCare's Plan of Operation, specifically for a child(ren) needing an One on One Aide or any other individual services.
Based on interviews and reported information, a child(ren) was found in the Llama Classroom unsupervised. According to interviews, the child(ren) was in the classroom unsupervised for approximately one to two minutes. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Child Supervision Record's. Assistant Director agrees to submit staff meeting and training agenda along with staff meeting attendance sheet. A CIVIL PENALTY WAS ASSESSED DURING THIS INSPECTION.
Director agrees to submit proof of criminal record clearances for S1 and S2 to licensing no later than the
Based on LPA's interviews, subject staff own admission and facility documentation, this poses an immediate safety to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Day-care child was left in a soiled diaper for a long period of time.
Staff yelled at child in care
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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 5 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 2, 2023, for children's records. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Yucaipa?
It is #7 of 8 centers in Yucaipa by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 98% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Feb 19, 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 San Bernardino County, which includes Yucaipa, was $835 a month for preschoolers (about $1,050 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Knowledge Universe, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Alisa Holtegaard.
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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 364818107 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.