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Child care center · Santa Ana, CA

KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER

A licensed child care center in Santa Ana, California, with its state visit, citation and complaint history from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS).

Program details

Program type: Licensed child care center (CDSS license type: Day Care Center)

Address: 2515 WEST SUNFLOWER, Santa Ana, CA 92704

County: Orange County

Phone: (714) 540-4750

Ages served: not in the state's data; ask the program.

Licensed capacity: 78 children

State ID (CDSS facility number): 304270403

License status (CDSS): Licensed

First licensed: May 30, 1997

Last visit by the state: July 15, 2026

View the official record on CDSS's Care Facility Search, with the full visit and complaint reports.

Inspection history

From June 1, 2022 to July 15, 2026

  • 5 inspections
  • 6 complaint visits
  • 10 other visits
  • 2 Type A citations, 1 Type B citation in all
  • 4 complaint investigations completed. Allegations: 2 substantiated, 5 unsubstantiated

Type A citations are for the most serious violations, where CDSS finds an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care; they are issued even if the problem is fixed on the spot. Type B citations are for violations that could become an immediate risk if not corrected. An inspection checks compliance with the law and the licensing rules. A complaint visit is part of investigating a complaint. "Other visits" are visits the state doesn't list as either an inspection or a complaint visit. The number of complaint visits and completed complaint investigations can differ; the reports on the official record show which visits belong to which complaint.

A citation means a licensing analyst found that a licensing rule wasn't being met at the time of the visit. CDSS notes that some citations may be under appeal or already corrected. Read the official record for details.

Citations by kind of visit, as the state counts them:

The state's counts by kind of visit don't always line up with the dates below. The reports on the official record show which visit each citation came from.

Every visit in the state's records

21 visits, newest first. When a date appears more than once, the state recorded separate visits on that day.

  1. July 15, 2026 · Complaint visit

  2. July 15, 2026 · Complaint visit

  3. July 15, 2026 · Complaint visit

  4. June 22, 2026 · Other visit

  5. April 21, 2026 · Inspection

  6. March 24, 2026 · Other visit

  7. March 12, 2026 · Other visit

  8. January 12, 2026 · Other visit

  9. January 5, 2026 · Complaint visit

  10. November 4, 2025 · Other visit

  11. October 22, 2025 · Other visit

  12. July 29, 2025 · Inspection

  13. April 9, 2024 · Inspection

  14. August 8, 2023 · Other visit

  15. July 10, 2023 · Other visit

  16. July 5, 2023 · Inspection

  17. July 3, 2023 · Other visit

  18. March 2, 2023 · Other visit

  19. September 2, 2022 · Complaint visit

  20. June 1, 2022 · Inspection

  21. June 1, 2022 · Complaint visit

Complaint investigations

For each completed complaint investigation, the number of allegations CDSS found substantiated (the evidence showed the violation happened) or unsubstantiated (there wasn't enough evidence to show it happened), and the citations issued. The state's data file leaves out allegations CDSS found unfounded (false, or with no reasonable basis), so these counts may not include every allegation made.

  1. July 21, 2026 · Investigation completed

    4 allegations: 1 substantiated, 3 unsubstantiated. Citations: 1 Type A, 0 Type B.

  2. January 9, 2026 · Investigation completed

    1 allegation: 1 substantiated, 0 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 1 Type B.

  3. September 13, 2022 · Investigation completed

    1 allegation: 0 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated. No citations.

  4. June 3, 2022 · Investigation completed

    1 allegation: 0 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated. No citations.

Code sections cited

Each section of California's child care laws (Health and Safety Code) and licensing rules (Title 22 regulations) the state's data file lists as cited for this program, with the plan of correction date listed with it. The file doesn't say which visit each one came from or what it was about; the reports on the official record do. A section number can appear more than once.

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Sources

Published by the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. CDSS's Conditions of Use treat information on its websites as public domain unless marked otherwise. State download retrieved November 12, 2026. We show the state's figures as published. The file lists inspection dates and other-visit dates; the remaining visit dates are labeled complaint visits, which matches the state's complaint-visit count. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.

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