Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC.
Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in Garden Grove, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 4 citations, none of them Type A, most often for training & qualifications (2 of 4). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #29 of 49 centers in Garden Grove and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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Based on observation, interview, and record review. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in. In classrooms #7 LPA observed 3 out 18 parents signed children in but did not sign them out which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above. At 2:00 pm, during staff file review and interview, staff 1 (S1) did not have their mandated reporter training certificate expired 4/19/2025, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above,the S2 did not have a current Mandated Reporter Training expired on 1/25/2024, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, LPA observed C4 does not have the name of the prescribing physician and instructions, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. compare with other daycares in Garden Grove?
It is tied for #29 of 49 centers in Garden Grove by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. last inspected?
Jul 7, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Garden Grove, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sunflower Preschool & Afterschool Center, INC.?
The licensee is Sunflower Preschool & After School Center 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 304370793 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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