Lafayette · Licensed center
First Steps Learning Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 32 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 20, 2026Nothing cited
- Oct 7, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 10, 2023Nothing cited
May 17, 20232 citations
CCR 101416.5(b)Type A
“(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. 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 by ensuring the facility maintains ratio at all times, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 teacher's aid supervising 7 infants. The staff indicated the other teacher left the classroom to change an infant's diaper.”
CCR 101416.5(b)
CCR 101419.2(b)(2)Type B
“(b) The needs and services plan shall be in writing and shall include the following: (2) Infants up to 12 months of age shall have a completed Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)], which is incorporated by reference. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above ensuring that each infant up to 12 months of age has the LIC 9227 form in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101419.2(b)(2)
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 5 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 5 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (457 centers).
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%This center
- 2 of 523%
- 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
- October 20, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. 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 by ensuring the facility maintains ratio at all times, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 teacher's aid supervising 7 infants. The staff indicated the other teacher left the classroom to change an infant's diaper.
· May 17, 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.
May 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · May 17, 2023
CCR 101416.5(b) · Type A
(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. 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 by ensuring the facility maintains ratio at all times, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 teacher's aid supervising 7 infants. The staff indicated the other teacher left the classroom to change an infant's diaper.
CCR 101419.2(b)(2) · Type B
(b) The needs and services plan shall be in writing and shall include the following: (2) Infants up to 12 months of age shall have a completed Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)], which is incorporated by reference. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above ensuring that each infant up to 12 months of age has the LIC 9227 form in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (925) 933-6283
- Address
- 3201 Stanley Boulevard, Lafayette, 94549
- License
- 073400647
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Sources and dates
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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.