Rainbow After-school Care & Pre-k Program

4343 Pickwick Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 · Orange County

ClosedSchool-age child care center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 31, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Rainbow After-school Care & Pre-k Program was a licensed child care center in Huntington Beach, CA, licensed for up to 152 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

3Inspections

1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BDec 11, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)

Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights. This requirement was not met evidence by: 1 Director stated she will provide personal rights training to staff and provide proof of attendance to LPA by the due date. Based on interviews conducted by LPA, it was determined S2’s behavior poses a risk to day care children, and S2 speaks to day care children in an inappropriate manner, which poses a potential Health, Safety or Personal Right risk to persons in care. 8

Plan of correction due Dec 25, 2024

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedDec 11, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Oct 29, 2024

Substantiated allegations:

Staff's behavior poses a risk to day care children.

Staff speaks to day care children in an inappropriate manner.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity152 children

License typeSchool-age child care center

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceFeb 28, 1986

ClosedDec 31, 2025

LicenseeTay Armstrong

Last administratorAlison Bartels

State facility #300605571

Other licenses at this address

Rainbow After-school Care & Pre-k Program
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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 300605571 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.