Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. · Infant Center, Lake Forest
Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in Lake Forest, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 6 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for food & feeding (2 of 4). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #14 of 22 centers in Lake Forest and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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101429(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants. (a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply: (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. 1 Director agreed to have a meeting with staff regarding providing care and supervision. Director agreed to provide LPA with an agenda of the meeting and each employees' name and signature of attendance.
Based on interviews with staff, it was determined that on occasion staff prop bottles in an infnats mouth when feeding them. This is a potential threat to the children's health and safety.
LPA observed that the facility is not always putting the current date on food items/containers 1 The director stated that since they became aware that the items brought from home must always have the current date, the facility has began to add this date on the container. All staff know to do this. A written statement will be submitted to LPA confirming this information, by 12/23/22. brought from home. Names are indicated but dates are not always indicated. This presents a potential threat to the children's health and safety.
LPA observed that the facility is not always placing The director stated that since they became aware that soiled clothing/diapers must always be placed in an airtight container preventing the escape of fluids/odors, the facility has bgan always placing these in correct containers. All staff know to do this. A written statement will be submitted to LPA confirming this information, by 12/23/22. soiled diapers/clothing in an airtight container preventing the excape of fluids/odors. This presents a potential threat to the children's health and safety.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 25, 2023, for care and supervision of infants. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC.?
California investigated 6 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. compare with other daycares in Lake Forest?
It is #14 of 22 centers in Lake Forest by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. last inspected?
Sep 9, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Lake Forest, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Milestones Academy Childcare Center, INC.?
The licensee is Milestones Academy Childcare Center INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Saeideh Gharavi.
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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 304371428 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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