Strong Foundations Learning Center
Strong Foundations Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Thousand Palms, CA, licensed for up to 84 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #186 of 481 centers in Riverside County and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
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a review of the admission agreement and interviews. 8 It is a verbal policy disclosed at the time of enrollment, that the facility will contact a parent/legal guardian by phone, if a head injury occurs however, not being followed. This poses a potential risk to the children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. In reviewing the drill logs in was written that the last drill(s) was conducted in October 2022. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Admission Agreement - Staff did not notify day care child's parents of incident
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Common questions
Does Strong Foundations Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Strong Foundations Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Strong Foundations Learning Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Strong Foundations Learning Center compare with other daycares in Riverside County?
It is tied for #186 of 481 centers in Riverside County by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 46% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Strong Foundations Learning Center last inspected?
Jun 9, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Strong Foundations Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Strong Foundations Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Thousand Palms, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Strong Foundations Learning Center?
The licensee is Tiffany Madrid, and the administrator listed with the state is Tiffany Madrid.
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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 334841687 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.