Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center · Infant Center, Stockton
Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Stockton, CA, licensed for up to 54 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, both of them substantiated. The state issued 9 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (2 of 9). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #99 of 100 centers in Stockton and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews, obervation, and record review, it was proven that center was operating out of ratios which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Director will email the signed statements to LPA.
Based on the interviews, S2 sometimes placed the infants on top of the cubbies while helping the infants to put their shoes on at pickups which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Director will email the signed statements to LPA.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review and interview, one staff member was not fully cleared nor associated to the facility which poses an immediate risk to children in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where one infant was sleeping in the crib with a loose blanket, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where facility had no documentation of disaster drills being conducted at least once every six month available for review, 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 3 out of 4 staff did not have copies of their immunizations in their file for review 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 2 out of 4 staff did not have a current/ valid Mandated Reporter Training certificate available for review 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 where facility did not have documentation of 15 minute sleeping checks being conducted on infants while they sleep, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff are operating out of ratio.
1. Staff did not provide a safe and comfortable environment for day care children.
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Common questions
Does Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 4, 2025, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Stockton?
It is #99 of 100 centers in Stockton by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center last inspected?
Jun 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Joaquin County, which includes Stockton, was $1,199 a month for infants (about $1,510 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center?
The licensee is Nina's Early Learning & Child Care Center LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Janeli Mercado.
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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 394500610 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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