Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.75
- Local median
- 0.59
CKC CHILDREN'S CENTER
8005 WINKLE AVENUE, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
- Facility:
- 444408785
- 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:
- 42
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionNovember 19, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsNovember 19, 2025
Summary
This summary covers 12 available inspections for CKC CHILDREN'S CENTER from September 28, 2022 through November 19, 2025.
Eight inspections recorded violations, with nine recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on May 9, 2025 and involved supervision, with a due date of May 9, 2025.
That higher-concern topic showed up in five inspections.
Three later inspections, from May 23, 2025 through November 19, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 12
- Recorded violations
- 9
- Higher-concern violations
- 5
- Repeated topics
- 1
2 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
12 total inspections vs 3.5 local median in 95065
Compared to 10 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 42%
- Local median
- 7%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 67%
- Local median
- 42%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.1
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Supervision
Appeared across 5 inspections, with 5 recorded violations.
November 21, 2023October 16, 2024May 9, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision - (a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Though interviews and observations, children were left outside in the playground with out supervision, which posed an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 9, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101229(a)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision - (a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A daycare child, C1, exited the playground unnoticed by staff and had gone out the gate. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by October 17, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101229(a)(1)
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- General Provisions and Definitions (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member did not have proof of immunity to measles or pertussis, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 31, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) - 1596.7995(a)(1)
- Official code
- 1596.7995(a)(1)
Medium concern: Parent rights
- Report finding
- 1596.8595 Posting licensing report by child care facility or home; duration of posting; civil penalty for failure to comply; reports to be provided to parents or guardians of each child receiving service (c)(1) A licensed child day care facility shall provide to the parents or guardians of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care...(4) The licensee shall keep verification of receipt in each child's file. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as two (2) out of five (5) children's files did not have verification of receipt (LIC9224), which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as two (2) out of five (5) children's files did not have verification of receipt (LIC9224), which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 17, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.8595(c)(4) - 1596.8595(c)(4)
- Official code
- 1596.8595(c)(4)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- 101212 Reporting Requirements (d) Upon the occurrence... a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report...shall be submitted to the Department within seven days.. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The Licensee did not notify the Department or submit a written report regarding a absense of supervision for a child on 11/14/2023, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction / follow-up note
- The Licensee did not notify the Department or submit a written report regarding a absense of supervision for a child on 11/14/2023, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 29, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(d) - 101212(d)
- Official code
- 101212(d)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- 101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The Licensee did not ensure that children are visually supervised at all times as a child was left outside during a transition to inside, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Report comments
- The Licensee did not ensure that children are visually supervised at all times as a child was left outside during a transition to inside, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 22, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101229(a)(1)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- 101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The Licensee did not ensure that children are supervised at all times. During pick-up time, a child's whereabouts were unknown and the child was located outside of the facility, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Report comments
- The Licensee did not ensure that children are supervised at all times. During pick-up time, a child's whereabouts were unknown and the child was located outside of the facility, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 22, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101229(a)(1)
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- 101216.1 Teacher Qualifications and Duties (c) to be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve-post secondary semester... units in early childhood education... (A)...shall include... child growth and development...child, family, community... and program/curriculum. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The Preschool Program Director present at the facility was used as a fully qualified teacher even though she was missing child/family/community within the core twelve semester units which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Report comments
- This requirement was not met as evidenced by: The Preschool Program Director present at the facility was used as a fully qualified teacher even though she was missing child/family/community within the core twelve semester units which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 18, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216.1(c)(1)(A) - 101216.1(c)(1)(A)
- Official code
- 101216.1(c)(1)(A)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for changes in Site Director at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by October 17, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(b) - 101212(b)
- Official code
- 101212(b)