Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care · Infant Center, Cypress
Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care is a licensed child care center in Cypress, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #10 of 23 centers in Cypress and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on facility Lead Sampling Results taken on 12/20/23 results indicate levels of lead exceedance for Outlet C located in staff kitchen had a result of 8.100 (parts per billion) This poses a potential risk to the health of children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care compare with other daycares in Cypress?
It is tied for #10 of 23 centers in Cypress by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care last inspected?
Oct 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Cypress, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Stepping Stones Learning Center and Infant Care?
The licensee is Stepping Stones Learning Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Charity Smith.
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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 304370227 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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