Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.57
- Local median
- 0.24
STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE LLC
16527 LAKESHORE DRIVE, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
- Facility:
- 334843983
- Type:
- DAY CARE 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:
- 85
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionJuly 2, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsJuly 2, 2026
Summary
This summary covers 14 available inspections for STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE LLC from August 16, 2021 through July 2, 2026.
Seven inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on July 7, 2025 and involved staff training, with a due date of July 7, 2025.
Supervision was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Two later inspections, from July 18, 2025 through July 2, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 14
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 1
2 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
14 total inspections vs 4.5 local median in 92530
Compared to 10 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 7%
- Local median
- 4%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 50%
- Local median
- 24%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.4
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Equipment or readiness
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 3 recorded violations.
August 15, 2023June 20, 2024Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Personnel Requirements (f) At least one staff member who is trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866 shall be present when children are at the child care center or offsite for center activities. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This citation was given in error.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 7, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216(f) - 101216(f)
- Official code
- 101216(f)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- 101229(a) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision; The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This was not met as evidenced by… Based on interviews and record review, child 1 sustained an unexplained injury while in care on at least one or more occasion. This may cause a potential, health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interviews and record review, child 1 sustained an unexplained injury while in care on at least one or more occasion. This may cause a potential, health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by June 27, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a) - 101229(a)
- Official code
- 101229(a)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- Buildings and Grounds (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the playground with climbing equipment has cobwebs on the play structure and in the toys inside the bucket by back fence, the smaller water faucet has bird feces in the sink at time of inspection, children playing on playground prior to being cleaned. This poses a potential, health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by June 27, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238(a) - 101238(a)
- Official code
- 101238(a)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- 101238 (a)Buildings and Grounds101238 (a)Buildings and Grounds The childcare center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This regulation was not met as evidenced by…. Based on interview with director and LPA Flores observation on 8/15/23 the facility playground had spiderwebswith spiders in five playhouses that were stationed next to the fence. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview with director and LPA Flores observation on 8/15/23 the facility playground had spiderwebswith spiders in five playhouses that were stationed next to the fence. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 18, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238(a) - 101238(a)
- Official code
- 101238(a)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- 101238 (a)Buildings and Grounds101238 (a)Buildings and Grounds The childcare center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This regulation was not met as evidenced by…. Based on interview with director and LPA Flores observation on 8/15/23 the facility playground had spiderwebs in five playhouses that were stationed next to the fence. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview with director and LPA Flores observation on 8/15/23 the facility playground had spiderwebs in five playhouses that were stationed next to the fence. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 18, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238(a) - 101238(a)
- Official code
- 101238(a)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- 101223 (a) (2) Personal Rights The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:…To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations…to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and records review, the facility did not ensure a healthful environment for children in care due to not following the facility’s health/illness policy which requires parents of to provide a doctor’s note for children to return to the center after contracting pink eye. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
- Correction / follow-up note
- This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and records review, the facility did not ensure a healthful environment for children in care due to not following the facility’s health/illness policy which requires parents of to provide a doctor’s note for children to return to the center after contracting pink eye. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 31, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(2)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- 101700.3 (b) (1) Written Directives...A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on water testing results, interviews and records review, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance, water outlet (located in kitchen) labeled A which is used for drinking water for washing dishes. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on water testing results, interviews and records review, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance, water outlet (located in kitchen) labeled A which is used for drinking water for washing dishes. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 10, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- Admission Procedures and Parental and Authorized Representative's Rights. The licensee shall develop, implement and maintain procedures to be followed should the child become ill or injured while at the child care center This requirement is not met as evidenced by no "ouch reports" provided to parents for 2021 which poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by September 16, 2021
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101218.1(a2B) - 101218.1(a2B)
- Official code
- 101218.1(a2B)