Terry Jimenez Children's Center
Terry Jimenez Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 34 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
Based on interal investigation completed, S1 engaged in acts of a punitive nature by physically restraining children in the classroom, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 AB633 reporting requirements discussed with the Licensee.
Based on interviews with staff and children in care at the facility, S1 is using inappropriate discipline with childre, by flicking their ears, and did not ensure that children were accorded their personal rights which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Lorena states that supervisors will continue to visit the facility unannounced. Lorena has additionally conducted observations and provided feedback to staff. The report will be shared with staff and upper management.
Based on classroom observation and 4 out of 5 children interviews, staff 1 is handing children in a rough manner and did not ensure that children were accorded their personal rights which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Documentation should be submitted to Licensing by 5/27/2022 and all staff employed at facility must conduct training.
Complaint investigations
Staff handles day care children in a rough manner
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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 444400083 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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