Melody Lane Children's Center · Preschool, Riverside
Melody Lane Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Riverside, CA, licensed for up to 73 children. Its license closed around December 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Facility Director agrees to submit proof of signed acknowledgment(s) (LIC9224's) and staff in-service training on CCR regulation 101229(a)(1) to the department by
Facility will submit inservice training and attendance regarding child/staff interactions on personal rights CCR regulation 101223(a)(1) by
Facility will submit inservice training materials and staff attendance on safe and healthful accomodations per personal rights CCR regulation 101223(a)(1) by
Based on [(observation) the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed sticky liquid, debris on floor and storage bins which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not provide adequate supervision to a daycare child
Staff verbally abused another staff in front of daycare children
Staff yells at the daycare children while in care
Staff demonstrates inappropriate form of discipline
About this center
Other licenses at this address
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups) · Licensed Too few inspections to compare Melody Lane Children's Center
Infant center · Closed Too few inspections to compare Melody Lane Children's Center
School-age child care center · Closed Too few inspections to compare
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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 334819985 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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