Therese M. Hall Children's Center · Preschool, Ridgecrest
Therese M. Hall Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Ridgecrest, CA, licensed for up to 25 children. Its license closed around February 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once, investigated 1 complaint (0 substantiated) and issued 5 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not meet this requirement when she had Staff 1, an adult without a background clearance, working at the facility which poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not meet this requirement when the Director admitted there was a child a diaper that leaked through their clothing which poses a potential risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not meet this requirement when Child 1 sign-in sheet did not have any required information on the form for signing in and out which poses a potential risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not meet this requirement as observed missing immunizations from the personnel files of staff which poses a potential risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not meet this requirement as LPA observed Staff 4 not visually observing four children in care which poses a potential risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
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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 153801852 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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