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Orfalea Early Learning Center

365 LOMA ALTA, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since May 2, 1995

Serious citation

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Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101229(a) +2 more (Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — During staff interviews it was discovered staff were aware of C1s hyperactive behavior; requiring additional support/supervision. Staff neglected C1 as they had C1 nap next to the door threshold allowing ample time for C1 to insert hand/finger in doorway causing severe injury to child’s fingertip.) from 2024-05-03

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Violations by severity

Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.

  • Type A3
  • Type B1

All visits

Total 5 visits
  • 1 Annual inspection
  • 1 Complaint investigation
  • 3 Other visits
3 with citationsmost recent May 22, 2026

All violations

4 violations shown

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Type A(3)
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CCR 101223(a)(2)(3)Other visit

Personal Rights — While in care at facility, C1 sustained complete avulsion of fingernail with partial fingertip amputation. Nail was reimplanted and the fingertip was sutured, however, mobility and joint functionality to be determined after recovery, long term consequences of injury unknown.

Jul 16, 2024
CCR 101229(a)Complaint investigation

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — During staff interviews it was discovered staff were aware of C1s hyperactive behavior; requiring additional support/supervision. Staff neglected C1 as they had C1 nap next to the door threshold allowing ample time for C1 to insert hand/finger in doorway causing severe injury to child’s fingertip.

May 3, 2024
CCR 101226(b)(c)Complaint investigation

Health-Related Services — Staff failed to call 911 instead contacted P1 to decide, delaying required medical treatment to C1. S1 was “not allowed to call 911” and admitted to responding law enforcement officer to not having a plan of action in place to call 911.

May 3, 2024
Type B(1)
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HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)Annual inspection

Mandated reporter training — Based on record review the CCC did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 staff's mandated reporter certificates, were found to be expired, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Mar 24, 2026
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records›

California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.

🟢 No recent citation

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

🟡 Citation — any of:

  • A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🔴 Serious citation — any of:

  • A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

⚫ Adverse license status — any of:

  • The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license

⚪ Not rated by the record

  • Inactive license: The license is not in active standing.
  • No visits on record: Actively licensed, but CCLD has published no visit report for this facility.

Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A marks a facility Serious citation, matching CCLD's own grading directly.

Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #421702687).

Orfalea Early Learning Center — inspection record · Santa Barbara, CA