Purest Academy for Kids INC.- Infant

12235 Centralia St., Lakewood, CA 90715 · Los Angeles County

Closed Infant center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 28, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Purest Academy for Kids INC.- Infant was a licensed child care center in Lakewood, CA, licensed for up to 13 children. Its license closed around December 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

2 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork 1

Background checks 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Oct 20, 2022 Inspection Records & paperwork

Infant needs and services plan §101419.2(b)(2)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 4 infants hich poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2022

Type B Oct 20, 2022 Inspection Background checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)(e)

Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 4 staff members which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Oct 20, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 13 children

License type Infant center

License status Closed

Licensed since Aug 19, 2015

Closed Dec 28, 2023

Licensee Nicole Austin

Last administrator Ivette Hernnadez

State facility # 198018403

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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 198018403 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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