Leap Ahead Learning Center INC
Leap Ahead Learning Center INC was a licensed child care center in Susanville, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around June 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 4 complaints, 3 substantiated, and issued 11 citations, 4 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Child C1, C3, C4-C6 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 two staff missing documentation which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in by staff S1 handling children in a rough manner which poses an immediate, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in by staff S1 and S3 yelling at children in care which upset/ scared the children, which poses an immediate, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in by not maintaining a comfortable temperature in the facility which poses a potential, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by staff S1 spanking child C2 while in care to Regional office which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interview, and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, by failing to report unusual incident report to Regional office which poses an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
This requirement was not met as evidence by: All kitchen, food preparation and storage areas shall be kept clean and free of litter and rubbish; and measures shall be taken to keep all such areas free of rodents and other vermin. 1 Licensee will use poison traps during the hours that the children are not present at the facility, if poisons traps do not work after 2 weeks Licensee will contact an exterminator. Licensee will also clean out all rodent droppings from the facility. Licensee will send picture proof to LPA Sims by 4/4/25 Based on observation and interviews the facility did not comply with the section cited above by not sucessfully riding the facility from the mouse infestation 8
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, bathroom in room #2 in disrepair which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, S2 and S3 missing current mandated reporter training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the facility had 2 faucets with lead test results at or exceeding 5.5 ppb of lead in the water. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 A corrected map will be submitted by the licensee by 5/11/2023.
Complaint investigations
Staff handle children in a rough manor
Staff do not treat children with respect
Staff do not ensure daycare is a comfortable temperature
Staff member hit day care child while in care.
Facility failed to report unusual incident to regional office.
Staff do not ensure the facility is free of pests
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 185408008 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.