Montessori Academy of Downey
A single licensed child care center in Downey, California 90241
7515 Firestone Blvd, Downey, California 90241. (562) 291-2324.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
Record last released by California Department of Social Services on Nov 1, 2026.
- 1 citation in the last three years
- Aug 122026 the latest visit on record
- 128 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
10 visits in the last three years, 1 of them an inspection.
1 citation with a correction due in the last three years; California’s file gives 0 California grades each citation by risk. Type A, the most serious, is a violation that poses an immediate risk to residents’ health, safety or personal rights. Type B is one that could become that risk if it isn’t corrected. Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. and 1 Type B over all its years.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those citations happened
1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each citation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 12, 2026: correction due (visit not listed)1 citation
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101212(d)(1)(C)
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Complaint visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Inspection | Results are in California’s report |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Complaint visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Complaint visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Single Licensed Child Care Center, first licensed Mar 15, 2024.
- Licensed for 128 children.
- Licence 198400903.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has California acted against it?
- 3 complaints in the last three years: 0 allegations A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency., 0 inconclusive and 6 unsubstantiated.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2025 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 0 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 4 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 0 Type B. |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 0 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 1 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 0 Type B. |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 0 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 1 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 0 Type B. |
Who does the caring?
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Licensed to Maod, Inc.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
How is it rated?
- California’s file has no quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 6295 child care providers in Los Angeles County, the middle value for citations in the last three years was 0; this one had 1.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Citations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Montessori Academy of Downey This child care provider | 1 |
| Downey United Methodist Church Nursery School | 4 |
| Phornsutiphaijit Family Day Care | 0 |
| Creative Beginnings Preschool | 1 |
| Creative Beginnings Preschool | 0 |
| Creative Beginnings Infant Center | 2 |
| Torres Family Child Care | 5 |
| Downey Christian Early Learning Center | 4 |
| Cortez Family Child Care | 1 |
| Bonilla Family Child Care | 2 |
| Romero Family Child Care | 2 |
| Kirkwood Christian Schools | 3 |
| Rangel Family Child Care | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- California’s bulk file gives each citation’s regulation and the date its correction was due, not the visit it came from, its type or what was found; California’s reports have those.
- California grades citations Type A (an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights) or Type B (a potential risk).
- This page shows California’s records from the last three years.
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Sources
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Child care centers (ChildCareCenters11012026.csv).
Released Nov 1, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: California Department of Social Services. California’s own record is on ccld.dss.ca.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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