Richmond · Licensed center
Contra Costa Co. Head Start - Balboa CDC
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 38 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since September 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 10, 2025Nothing cited
- Jul 20, 2023Nothing cited
Jan 26, 20231 citation
CCR 101429(a)(1)Type A
“Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. During a viewing of video footage, staff observed the teacher leave the classroom with four children alone which she went into a storage room. The teacher closed the door behind her. Furthermore, the teacher also left the children alone with an Aide. This is an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.”
CCR 101429(a)(1)
Nov 14, 20221 citation
CCR 101429(a)(1)Type B
“Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. During a classroom tour, a monitor observed an infant walk into the kitchen without any adult supervision. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”
CCR 101429(a)(1)
- Sep 21, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 64% of 457 had rules cited at 1 or none.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%This center
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- April 10, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since September 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. During a viewing of video footage, staff observed the teacher leave the classroom with four children alone which she went into a storage room. The teacher closed the door behind her. Furthermore, the teacher also left the children alone with an Aide. This is an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
· January 26, 2023
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Jan 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 26, 2023
CCR 101429(a)(1) · Type A
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. During a viewing of video footage, staff observed the teacher leave the classroom with four children alone which she went into a storage room. The teacher closed the door behind her. Furthermore, the teacher also left the children alone with an Aide. This is an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Nov 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 14, 2022
CCR 101429(a)(1) · Type B
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. During a classroom tour, a monitor observed an infant walk into the kitchen without any adult supervision. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (510) 374-7025
- Address
- 1001 - South 57th St, Richmond, 94804
- License
- 073402613
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.