A Child’s Place An Early Education Center
A day care center in Palm Springs, California 92264
1696 El Cielo Road, Palm Springs, California 92264. (760) 325-5577.
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 Oct 18, 2026.
- 6 citations in the last three years
- 1 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Apr 92026 the latest visit on record
- 15 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- 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.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- 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?
4 visits in the last three years, 2 of them inspections.
6 citations in the last three years, from California’s reports of each visit.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
When those citations happened
6 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: Type A. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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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, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 28, 2025: annual/Random UNANNOUNCED3 citations
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Admission Procedures and Parental and Authorized Representative’s Rights: The licensee shall request the child’s parent or authorized representative to sign and date the acknowledgement-of-receipt statement at the bottom of the LIC 995 (8/02). The bottom portion of this form must be kept in the child’s file as proof that the parent or authorized representative has been notified of his or her rights by the child care center and received a copy of the LIC 995E, Caregiver Background Check Process form.
The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
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Child’s Records (A) Dietary restrictions and allergies.
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A licensed child care facility or home shall provide to the parents of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.893b.
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Jul 23, 2024: annual/Random UNANNOUNCED3 citations
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Administration of Child Day Care Licensing Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility.
“Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff #1 was observed proving care and supervision however, the staff did not have a criminal record clearance in order to be employed at the facility. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
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Child’s Records (A) Dietary restrictions and allergies.
The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
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Personal Rights (1) The center shall give each authorized representative a copy of the Personal Rights form (LIC 613A [9/96]).
The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2026 | Complaint visit | No citations in its report |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Complaint visit | No citations in its report |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Inspection | 3 citations: 0 Type A, 3 Type B |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Inspection | 3 citations: 1 Type A, 2 Type B |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, first licensed Aug 2, 2023.
- Licensed for 15 children.
- Licence 334846437.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has California acted against it?
- 1 complaint 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 1 unsubstantiated.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | 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 Baum,marla.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
How is it rated?
- California’s file has no quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 1408 child care providers in Riverside County, the middle value for citations in the last three years was 1; this one had 6.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Citations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Psusd - Cielo Vista Community Child Care Center | 0 |
| Psusd - Cahuilla Elementary Head Start | 0 |
| King’s School | 0 |
| King’s School | 0 |
| Monroy Almenara Family Child Care | 3 |
| A Child’s Place An Early Education Center This child care provider | 6 |
| Circle City Preschool | 9 |
| Preschool on the Hill (First Baptist Day Nursery) | 8 |
| First United Methodist Church Preschool | 1 |
| Temple Beth El Child Development Center | 3 |
| Town & Country Day School | 2 |
| Anne Sullivan Preschool & Kindergarten | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- 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 (ChildCareCenters10182026.csv).
Released Oct 18, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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