Vermont Ave. Center Head Start
Vermont Ave. Center Head Start is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2011. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #170 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance This requirement was not met as evidence by record review. Lead test results showed that the storage sink in room3/class2 had lead exceedance of 9.7. LPAs observed the water souce was tapped off with trash bag 1 POC- On 9/17/24, facility had provided a written statement on their plan to continue to ensure that the water source will not be used as a drinking or food preparation source. Children do not have access to the storage where lead exceedance was observed. POC is cleared during today's visit. inaccessible to children in care. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Vermont Ave. Center Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Vermont Ave. Center Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Vermont Ave. Center Head Start compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #170 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Vermont Ave. Center Head Start last inspected?
Nov 4, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Vermont Ave. Center Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Vermont Ave. Center Head Start 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 Vermont Ave. Center Head Start?
The licensee is University Of Southern California Head Start, and the administrator listed with the state is Joanna Williams.
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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 198016689 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.