Voa/The Learning Center Head Start
Voa/The Learning Center Head Start is a licensed child care center in Lomita, CA, licensed for up to 49 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 15 centers in Lomita and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Voa/The Learning Center Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Voa/The Learning Center Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Voa/The Learning Center Head Start?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Voa/The Learning Center Head Start compare with other daycares in Lomita?
It is tied for #1 of 15 centers in Lomita by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Voa/The Learning Center Head Start last inspected?
Mar 13, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Voa/The Learning Center Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Voa/The Learning Center Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Lomita, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Voa/The Learning Center Head Start?
The licensee is Volunteers Of America Of Los Angeles, and the administrator listed with the state is Lakisha Seay-whittiker.
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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 197411051 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.