Kindercare Learning Center - Infant

.... 1 Correction has already been addressed. Infant staff has been retrained as of 12/17/25 staff develoment day (staff signature inclkuded). Director provided the new bottle handing procedures to ensure that staff feed each child the correct bottle. Based upon facility documents, interviews with multiple parties, Child #1 was given Child #2's bottle to drink. This posed a potential risk to the health and safety of the child.

Based LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The LPA observed the outdoor mobile toddler play area has a turf surface with gaps, holes, and separated seams. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the directive above, as one out of three drinking or food prep outlets tested with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE). Facility has not been using the outdoor drinking fountain since March 2019 due to COVID. This poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Facility has replaced the water fixture and has been flushing the drinking fountain. Facility is awaiting for the water tester to return to test the new drinking fountain at the playground.

… 1 Director will provide a one-on-one training with each staff member to provide age-appropriate outside activities: sensorytable, garden area, and remove buckets for pouring. Director will also provide written plan and have staff sign it and provide it via e-mail to LPA Lane: Keturah.Lane@dss.ca.gov Based upon LPAs observations and staff interviews, toddlers were allowed to use the recycled rubber mulch for pouring/digging, playing pretend restaurant food and for other outdoor activities which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.