Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.46
- Local median
- 0
LIL' EXPLORERS
8800 HARRIS ROAD, Bakersfield, CA 93311
- Facility:
- 153808664
- Type:
- INFANT CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 12
Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionMay 19, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsMay 19, 2026
Summary
This summary covers 13 available inspections for LIL' EXPLORERS from January 3, 2022 through May 19, 2026.
Four inspections recorded violations, with six recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on May 19, 2026 and involved sleep safety, with a due date of June 2, 2026.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 13
- Recorded violations
- 6
- Higher-concern violations
- 2
- Repeated topics
- 0
6 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
2 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
13 total inspections vs 5 local median in 93311
Compared to 38 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 15%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 31%
- Local median
- 0%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 0
- Local average
- 0.21
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
No repeated topics found
The available reports do not show the same violation topic appearing in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. Review the inspection history below for one-time violations or report details.
Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- The calculation of indoor activity space for infants shall not include space designated and used for cribs. (1) The sleeping area for infants shall be physically separate from the indoor activity space. This separation shall be accomplished … This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted, the facility allowed awake infants to use the sleeping area as an activity space violates the requirement that the infant sleeping area be physically separate from the indoor activity space, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by June 2, 2026
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101438.3(c)(1) - 101438.3(c)(1)
- Official code
- 101438.3(c)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- 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.... This requirement was not met by: Based on unusual incident report and staff interviews two employees engaged in a physical altercation while children were in care. This altercation took place in the hallway, all classroom doors were closed and children did not witness. Which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 1, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(3)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- Personal Rights- (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met by: Based on LPA observing a bouncer in the infant area. Which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 1, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(2)
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- (c) To be a fully qualified infant care teacher, a teacher shall have the following: (1) Completion, with passing grades, of 12 postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood or child development education at an accredited or approved college or university. (A) At least three of the units required in (c)(1) above shall be related to the care of infants or shall contain instruction specific to infants. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, (2) staff did not meet the qualification for infant teacher. No infant units were provided as evidence of qualification. which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 7, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101416.2(c)(1)(a) - 101416.2(c)(1)(a)
- Official code
- 101416.2(c)(1)(a)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Infant Needs and Services Plan. The needs and services plan shall be in writing and shall include the following: Any services needed by the infant that are different from those provided by the center's normal program. This requirement was not met as evidenced by documents gathered and interviews conducted. This poses a possible risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 7, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101419.2(b)(4) - 101419.2(b)(4)
- Official code
- 101419.2(b)(4)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by the LPA's observations further documented in the 9099 report. This is a possible risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 31, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(2)