Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care
Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 25 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have not made a routine inspection and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview and record review, child was denied food initially and provided a snack at the next meal time... which poses a potential Health and Safety and, Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee does not have an acting director ... which poses a potential Health and Safety and, Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal rights food witheld from child
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About this center
Common questions
Does Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How much does Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sunflower Sprouts Preschool and Child Care?
The licensee is Graciela Ceja, and the administrator listed with the state is Kenyatta Bakeer.
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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 198400782 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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