Rainbow Children's Academy, Corp.
Rainbow Children's Academy, Corp. was a licensed child care center in Inglewood, CA, licensed for up to 144 children. Its license closed around February 2023. Since February 2021, the state visited it 7 times, investigated 3 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 7 citations, 5 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
(a) A follow-up visit shall be conducted to determine compliance with the plan of correction specified in the notice of deficiency. (1) A follow-up visit shall be conducted within 10 working days following the date(s) of correction specified in the notice of deficiency unless the licensee has demonstrated that the deficiency was corrected as required. 1 Director was instructed to post the licensing report in a prominent area for parents and authorized representatives review. The peport was posted immediately. Licensee was instructed to make copies of the This requirement was not met by evidence of; LPA did not observe the licensing report dated 5/31/2022 in which type A citations were issed posted in a prominent area for review and Acknowledgement of Licensing reports were not availble for review 8 report and provide the LIC 9224 to the parents or authorized representatives by the close of business 6/1/2022.
Based on record review and interviews the facility did not have the ability to verify with CCL control of property which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review and interviews the facility did not report the change of property ownership to CCL that directly affects the plan of operation which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review and interviews the facility did not have the ability to verify with CCL control of property the ability to meet the operating cost for the care and supervision of children which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
(a) No licensee, officer or employee of a licensee shall make or disseminate any false or misleading 1 Director will have all 24 hour verbiage will be taken off signage, parent handbooks and all other pre printed documents. Staff will be notified of the new hours for facility. statement regarding the child care center or any of the services provided by the center. 8 Director will send a copy of all corrected documents with photos of the front of bulilding to LPA by POC date 04/22/2022 via email.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. Director and each staff member on the roster Lic500 will review video on CCLD website regarding providing care and supervision by POC date of 03/25/2022. Director will email LPA a sign in sheet with a parargraph statement from each staff member. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 8
(b) The person who brings the child to, and removes the child from, the center shall sign the child in/out... Director stated all Sign in and Sign out books will no longer be in the office. They will be placed on table near entry gate as of 03/22/2022. A sign was created to remind parents/representatives during inspection.
Complaint investigations
Licensing – Facility does not have current control of property.
Licensee is falsely advertising hours of operation.
About this center
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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 197419073 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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