Launch Pad Learning Nlb
Launch Pad Learning Nlb was a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around March 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 8 complaints, 3 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. 1 A Daily Facility Safety Check checklist will be completed and signed by the staff member at the beginning and end of each day. A copy of the checklist must be sent to LPA by June 30, 2025. All facility staff will receive mandatory training on the updated Immediate Hazard Reporting Protocol, and the Daily Facility Safety Check procedures. Training agenda and attendance sheets will be maintained, and staff will demonstrate understanding through a brief review of the procedures during the training session. This must be completed on or before June 30, 2025, and submitted to LPA.
Based on observations, there were 14 sleeping infants, 5 awake infants and 2 staff members in room 2 which poses an immediate Health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observations the staff members did not provide a walkway between mats which poses a potential Health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the director did not ensure that each child is accorded dignity in the children's personal relationship with staff, which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the director did not ensure each child to be free from corporal or unusual punishment, which poses and potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the director did not report an unusal incident by telephone or fax which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the infant teachers did not provide a crib or portable crib meeting United States Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards which poses a potential Health and Safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility Staff are operating out of ratio
Facility staff do not allow for adequate space between napping infant mats for walking
Staff inappropriately kissed the daycare children while in care - Personal rights
Staff inappropriately restrains the daycare children during nap time - Personal rights
Facility is not following safe sleep procedures for infants in care - Infant Safe Sleep
About this center
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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 198400548 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.