Little Bugs Learning Center
714 West Main Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945 · Nevada County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 30, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Little Bugs Learning Center was a licensed child care center in Grass Valley, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around August 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 5 complaints, 3 substantiated, and issued 9 citations, 7 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
7Type A citations
2Type B citations
1Inspections
3 of 5Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Caregiver conduct3
Supervision2
Background checks1
Records & paperwork1
Staff ratios1
Training & qualifications1
Citations, newest first
Type AJul 12, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on staff interviews, LPA determined that a child exhibiting aggressive behavior had been “scooped” up by staff, an action described as holding the child behind the legs and back like a baby to carry them. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 15, 2024
Type AJun 18, 2024InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §1596.871(c)(1)(A)
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to a staff being present and having worked since 6/11/2024 withotut completing the personal background clearance process, and therefore did not have criminal background clearance. This poses poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 19, 2024
Type BJun 18, 2024InspectionCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(b)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 6 files reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 8, 2024
Type AMar 21, 2024Case management visit (incident)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
a self-reported unusual incident, confirmed through interview, in which a child spent 20 minutes alone and unsupervised in a fenced playground due to staff not following written protocol when transitioning children inside. This poses an immediate health, safey, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 22, 2024
Type AFeb 14, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)
interviews and documentation that staff roughly redirected a child during nap time, grabbed a child by the shirt and made comments that can place fear to a preschool child which poses an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care. 8 Request Denied
Plan of correction due Feb 15, 2024
Type AFeb 14, 2024Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
interviews that revealed two children were left outside unattended with no staff supervision and a staff member napping while supervising napping preschool children which poses an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 15, 2024
Type BFeb 14, 2024Case management visit (deficiencies)Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(c)
No unusual incidents were reported to licensing regarding two children left with no supervision which posses an immediate risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 14, 2024
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on review of video footage from the day 8/7/2023, LPA determined that a teacher was left alone with 13 children for several minutes. This poses and immediate health, safety, or personal rights to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 6, 2023
Type AOct 5, 2023Case management visit (deficiencies)Training & qualifications
Teacher aide qualifications §101216.2(e)
Based on staff interviews and review of video surveillance on the day of 8/7/2023, the facility did not comply with the section cited above by allowing an aide who lacked formal educational or professional qualifications to work one-on-one with children outside of the classroom and beyond the supervision of a teacher. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 6, 2023
Complaint investigations
Not substantiatedAug 16, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 20, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJul 12, 2024Complaint investigationreceived May 3, 2024
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedFeb 14, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Dec 14, 2023
Substantiated allegations:
Staff are handling day care childen in a rough manner
Staff made inappropriate comments towards day care children
Saff left day care child unattended
Staff are not providing adequate supervision during nap time
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedOct 23, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Aug 23, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedOct 5, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Aug 8, 2023
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity24 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceApr 27, 2023
ClosedAug 30, 2024
LicenseeCharis Youth Center
Last administratorHeather Madison
State facility #293624573
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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 293624573 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.