Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1.6
- Local median
- 0.29
SERNA FAMILY CHILD CARE
Bell Gardens, CA 90201
- Facility:
- 198017318
- Type:
- FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 14
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionDecember 11, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsDecember 11, 2025
Summary
This summary covers five available inspections for SERNA FAMILY CHILD CARE from March 17, 2022 through December 11, 2025.
Three inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on November 18, 2025 and involved staff training, with a due date of December 5, 2025.
Sleep safety was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
A later inspection showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether it was a formal follow-up.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 5
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
2 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
5 total inspections vs 4 local median in 90201
Compared to 16 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 20%
- Local median
- 10%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 60%
- Local median
- 29%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 0
- Local average
- 0.25
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
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No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Administration of Child Day Care Licensing (1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one staff had no Mandated Reporter Training on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 5, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) - 1596.8662(b)(1)
- Official code
- 1596.8662(b)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- Infant Safe Sleep Car seats shall only be used for transportation purposes and shall not be used for sleeping. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff had placed an infant of 10 months in a car seat while they changed diapers of another child, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 24, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102425(h) - 102425(h)
- Official code
- 102425(h)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- Licensure Requirements Every family day care home for children shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during inspections. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that a carbon monoxide detector was not found during this inspection which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 24, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1597.543 - 1597.543
- Official code
- 1597.543
Medium concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the latch on the kitchen cabinet where the cleaning products are kept is loose and not functioning which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 24, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(4) - 102417(g)(4)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(4)
Medium concern: Hazardous access
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to the small wood fence that leads to the next door neighbor's yard has been remove. which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Inspector notes
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to the small wood fence that leads to the next door neighbor's yard has been remove. which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to...
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 24, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(9)(A) - 102417(g)(9)(A)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(9)(A)
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Administration of Child Day Care Licensing (1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 2 staff records did not have the current Mandated Reporter Certificate which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 24, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) - 1596.8662(b)(1)
- Official code
- 1596.8662(b)(1)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Child's Records (b) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, a copy of the emergency information card as required in Section 102417(g)(7). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 children's files were missing, Child #1, #2 and #3 did not have facility fiels which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 24, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102421(b) - 102421(b)
- Official code
- 102421(b)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Operation of A Family Child Care Home (8) Each family child care home shall have a current roster of children as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.841. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to facility roster is missing CHild #1, #2 and #3 information which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 24, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 102417(g)(8) - 102417(g)(8)
- Official code
- 102417(g)(8)