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Great Beginnings Learning Center

2617 HOWARD RD., Madera, CA 93637

School Age Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Aug 30, 1990

Serious concerns

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Repeat — cited again within 12 months: CCR 101223(a)(3) +1 more (Personal Rights — information obtained from interviews. During interviews it was revealed that staff inappropriately speaks to children. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.) from 2026-04-17

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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.

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Type A(2)
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CCR 101223(a)(3)Complaint Investigation Report

Personal Rights — information obtained from interviews. During interviews it was revealed that staff inappropriately speaks to children. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-04-17
CCR 101223(a)3)Complaint Investigation Report

101223 Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature.... This requirement was not met based on evidenced of records reviewed and interviews. LPA Rodriguez obtained information from corroborating interviews that revealed that staff do not adequately supervise pets in the facility resulting in a child being bitten, which posed an immediate risk to the health, safety and/or personal rights to children in care.

2025-06-19
Type B(10)
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CCR 101223(a)(3)Complaint Investigation Report

Personal Rights — information obtained from interviews. During interviews it was revealed that staff had verbal altercation in the presence of children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-04-17
CCR 101223(a)(3)Complaint Investigation Report

101223 Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or requirement is not met as evidenced by: Per interviews LPA sustained substantial confirmation that school age staff mishandle and give inappropriate discipline to children in care. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2025-08-13
CCR 101223(a)(1)Complaint Investigation Report

Personal Rights — Based on observation and Per interviews LPA sustained substantial confirmation that school age staff speak inappropriately to children in care. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2025-08-13
CCR 101200(c)(1)Facility Evaluation Report

Inspection Authority of the Department — Director did not provide the Department with the requested documents. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2025-08-07
CCR 101238.2(d)(2)Facility Evaluation Report

Outdoor Activity Space — LPA observed various holes in the outdoor activity space that are a potential hazard to children in care. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2025-08-07
CCR 101238.2(e)(1)Facility Evaluation Report

Outdoor Activity Space — LPA observed that the sand was hard and compacted under outdoor equipment. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2025-08-07
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)Facility Evaluation Report

Drinking water lead testing — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Per licensee, the facility has not been tested for lead. Licensee stated that the children do not drink from the drinking fountains and only drink bottled water that they bring from home. Licensee did stated that she uses one of the sinks for boiling water when cooking.

2024-07-24
CCR 101538.3(b)Facility Evaluation Report

Indoor Activity Space for School-Age Children — Based on observation. LPA observed 15 school age and 5 preschool children in the school age classroom. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2024-07-08
CCR 101238Facility Evaluation Report

Buildings and Grounds — LPA observed 14 cans of interior/exterior paint that was accessbile to children in care, which poses a potential health, safety or perosnal rights risk to persons in care.

2024-07-08
CCR 101217Facility Evaluation Report

Personnel Records — Based on record reveiw Staff #2 did not have a file at the facility for LPA to review. Which poses a potential health, safety or perosnal rights risk to persons in care.

2024-07-08
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 #200406590).

Great Beginnings Learning Center — inspection record · Madera, CA