Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center
Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Fresno, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #165 of 205 centers in Fresno and has more citations per inspection than 77% of California licensed centers.
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Based on staff interviews, it was determined that Staff #3 held Child #1 by the arm and in an aggressive tone stated, “You are not listening.” Staff #3 then grabbed Child #1 by the chin, directing the child’s face toward Staff #3. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights to children in care.
Information received through record review and interviews indicate that a child was left unsupervised in a classroom for approximately 5 minutes while a fire drill was being conducted by the facility. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 An agenda, Copy of training materials, and signed staff roster of attendees is to be completed and submitted to the Fresno Community Care Licensing (CCL) office by
Based interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. During today's inspection LPA gathered information that staff left a child unattented for 1-2 minutes which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Lighthouse For Children Child Development 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 Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 15, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Fresno?
It is tied for #165 of 205 centers in Fresno by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 77% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center last inspected?
Mar 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Fresno County, which includes Fresno, was $858 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lighthouse For Children Child Development Center?
The licensee is Fresno County Superintendent Of Schools, and the administrator listed with the state is Kimberly Nunn.
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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 103808952 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.