New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew
New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 82 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 5 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (3 of 6). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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Per Site Supervisor, an informal meeting will held with staff to review reporting policies. Proof of a formal meeting will be required via email to include Agenda and Sign In Roster. The Facility did not comply with the section cited above. The parent of Child 1 was not notified immediately when Child 1 sustained a head injury on 05/18/2026. This action poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not ensure that each child to be free from intimidation and threat which poses an immediate health, safety and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews the licensee did not report the incidnet the the child's authorized representative, which poses an immediate heath, saftey, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interviews, the Director did not report to the department and unusual incident that threatened the health or safety of a child which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to persons in care
Based on observation and record review, LPA Rivera did not observe LIC 627 Emergency Medical Treatment form in child 1 and 2 files in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in not having a safe sleep log for child 1 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not notify daycare child’s authorized representative of an injury
Staff did not prevent day care child from being harassed by another child's parents - Personal Rights
Staff did not notify day care child's parent of incident - Reporting Requirements
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About this center
Common questions
Does New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 20, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #424 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew last inspected?
Jan 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs New Liberty Child Development Center/Drew?
The licensee is Drew Child Development Corporation, and the administrator listed with the state is Matthew Kennedy.
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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 198013102 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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