California · La Jolla · 92037

Little Steps Christian - Infant

6551 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 · San Diego County

ClosedInfant center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 25, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Steps Christian - Infant was a licensed child care center in La Jolla, CA, licensed for up to 28 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

2Type B citations

1Inspections

1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications1

Staff ratios1

Citations, newest first

Type BJul 17, 2024Complaint investigationTraining & qualifications

Infant care teacher qualifications §101416.2(c)(1)

Based on interviews with staff and record reviews it was determined that staff in the infant room is not fully qualified teacher. Staff is missing units in Child Family and Community

Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024

Type BJul 17, 2024Complaint investigationStaff ratios

Staff-infant ratio §101416.5(b)

Based on interviews, record review and observation, the infant room (0-12 mos) was observed out of ratio today with an aide and 3 infants.

Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedAug 6, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jul 12, 2024

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

SubstantiatedJul 17, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jul 11, 2024

Substantiated allegations:

1. Unqualified staff are left alone with day care children in care.

2. Facility is operating out of ratio.

2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity28 children

License typeInfant center

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceJul 5, 1996

ClosedApr 25, 2025

LicenseeMount Soledad United Presbyterian Church

Last administratorErica Rocha

State facility #376600239

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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 376600239 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.