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Araya Family Child Care

Unavailable, Lakewood, CA 90713

Family Day Care Home · Licensed · Licensed since Jan 28, 2019

Serious concerns

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Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 102370(d) +3 more (Criminal Record Clearance — Based on interviews with witnesses and licensee, the licensee allowed an unqualifed and uncleared person on December 4, 2023 to work at the daycare, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.) from 2024-05-23

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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 A4
  • Type B6

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10 violations shown (4 outside lookback window)

CCLD Facility SearchSearch Facility #198020101
Type A(4)
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CCR 102416.5(e)Facility Evaluation Report

If no assistant provider is present at a Large Family Child Care Home, then the licensee shall comply with the capacity requirements for a Small Family Child Care Home as specified in subsections (b) and (c). Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited. On 2/20/26, Licensee’s assistant Katherine Payan was alone with nine children and one infant. This is an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.

2026-03-09
CCR 102416(c)Facility Evaluation Report

Family home — preventive health training, including pediatric CPR and first aid — Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee assistant was alone with children on 2/20/26, without a current EMSA approved CPR & 1st Aid training, which posed an immediate risk health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-03-09
CCR 102423(a)(2)Complaint Investigation Report

(a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived…(2) To receive safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipment. Based on witness disclosure in the (DCFS) Investigation Report signed 2/20/26 and LPA witness interviews; (between 12/2025 & 02/2026), the Licensee & resident assistant drank alcohol during daycare hours & the Licensee operated the daycare under the influence of alcohol. This poses/posed a immediate risk health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-03-09
CCR 102370(d)Complaint Investigation Report

Criminal Record Clearance — Based on interviews with witnesses and licensee, the licensee allowed an unqualifed and uncleared person on December 4, 2023 to work at the daycare, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2024-05-23
Type B(6)
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CCR 102416(c)Facility Evaluation Report

Family home — preventive health training, including pediatric CPR and first aid — LPA file check on qualifications for licensee and staff, licensee's EMSA pediatric first aid expired on 06/14/26,

2026-09-01
HSC 1596.8662(3)(a)Facility Evaluation Report

Mandated reporter training — Licensees Mandated reporter expired 05/15/2026.

2026-09-01
CCR 102423(a)(2)Facility Evaluation Report

(a)Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights ...(2) To receive safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipment. Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. On 2/20/26, children were sleeping in unsafe uncomfortable sleeping arrangement causing two preschoolers to block emergency exits, which posed a potential health, safety or personal right to persons in care.

2026-03-09
HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)Facility Evaluation Report

Mandated reporter training — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Assistant does not have proof of a current Mandated Reporter training certificate on 2/20/26, which posed a immediate risk health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-03-09
HSC 1597.622(c)Facility Evaluation Report

Staff immunization — influenza, pertussis and measles — based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Assistant did not have immunizations record while caring for children on 2/20/26, which posed a potential health, safety or personal right to persons in care.

2026-03-09
CCR 102425(g)Facility Evaluation Report

Infant Safe Sleep — Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 2 infants present. LPA's Child 2 head covered with a blanket upon entering the room which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.

2024-05-03
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.

🔴 Serious concerns — any of:

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

🟡 Watch carefully — 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

🟢 Clean

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

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 moves a facility to Serious concerns, 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 #198020101).

This is a home-based program. The operator's name and address are published by CCLD as part of the licensing record, under state transparency law; we republish only what that record makes public.

Araya Family Child Care — inspection record · Lakewood, CA