Stepping Stones Children's Center · La Palma
Stepping Stones Children's Center is a licensed child care center in La Palma, CA, licensed for up to 168 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 978 centers in Orange County and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Stepping Stones Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Stepping Stones Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Stepping Stones Children's Center compare with other daycares in Orange County?
It is tied for #1 of 978 centers in Orange County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Stepping Stones Children's Center last inspected?
Jun 11, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Stepping Stones Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Stepping Stones Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes La Palma, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Stepping Stones Children's Center?
The licensee is Stepping Stones School, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Kyung Mi Roh.
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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 304270805 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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