Loving Start Cameron Park
2558 Greenwood Lane Suite A, Cameron Park, CA 95682 · El Dorado County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 3, 2026. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Loving Start Cameron Park was a licensed child care center in Cameron Park, CA, licensed for up to 38 children. Its license closed around February 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
2Type A citations
1Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Staff ratios2
Supervision1
Citations, newest first
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Director informed LPA that they closed their infant license and ceased operations on 03/21/25, and LPA received letter of closure/non operation from licensee today. Deficiency cleared at time of LPA visit. Director did not comply with the section cited above as witness and interview statements revealed that on at least one occasion, a child from the infant license was taken to a preschool classroom due to staffing issue, which poses a potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 8, 2025
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Director stated they will schedule another teacher to come in at 8:15AM to ensure proper teacher to child ratio. LPA will conduct a Plan Of Correction visit. During today's visit at around 8:27AM, LPA observed 25 children in care with 2 staff, and no other staff available to step in to help ensure proper preschool ratio of 1 to 12. LPA observed outdoor play with 1 staff and 13 children in care until Director came in to help around 8:50AM.
Plan of correction due Jan 9, 2025
Type AJan 8, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
LPA observed a child go in from the playground without staff knowledge. LPA walked the child over to another staff member inside the facility, and child stayed with staff indoors until another staff came in to help, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 9, 2025
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedApr 8, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Mar 4, 2025
Substantiated allegation:
Staff is commingling day care children.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedJan 8, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Dec 3, 2024
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedJun 25, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Apr 15, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
About this center
Licensed capacity38 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceApr 26, 2023
ClosedFeb 3, 2026
LicenseeSmart Start Preschool Cameron Park
Last administratorJacklyn Todd
State facility #093624710
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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 093624710 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.