Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC.
Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in Garden Grove, CA, licensed for up to 119 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, and it was substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #38 of 49 centers in Garden Grove and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Citations, newest first
101223(a)(2) Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded with the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met with evidence by: 1 The director stated that a meeting with S1 and S2 had already taken place, discussing additional techniques for handling various situations. The director also mentioned that there will be a staff meeting to review the children's individual needs, and the minutes of the meeting, a proof of attendance to LPA by
Based on observation, interview, and record review. The Director did not comply with the section cited above, S5 admitted that S5 not have the current mandated reporter training certificate, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in some parents in classroom #2b and classroom #8 signed children in but not signed the children out which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff handle daycare children in a rough manner.
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About this center
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Common questions
Does Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 12, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC.?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. compare with other daycares in Garden Grove?
It is tied for #38 of 49 centers in Garden Grove by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. last inspected?
Dec 12, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Garden Grove, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sunflower Preschool & After School Center, INC.?
The licensee is Sunflower Preschool And Afterschool INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Kathy La.
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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 304370779 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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