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Redwood City · Licensed center

Footsteps @ Redwood Creek

footstepschildcare.org

At a glance

  • Small play-based center, licensed for 18 children.
  • Hours 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

From their website, read July 2026:

“● Our Infant-Toddler and Preschool Teacher and/or Adult to child ratio is approximately 1:3 for Infant- Toddler, 1:4–1:8 for Older Toddlers, 1:8–1:12 for Preschool and Prekindergarten.”

What to know

They serve: 6 weeks – 24 months (Infant/Toddler) and 2.0 years–entering TK/Kindergarten (Preschool) (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since June 2022.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 27, 2026Nothing cited
  • Nov 24, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jan 2, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jun 29, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.

How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None41%This center
  • 1 of 438%
  • 2 of 415%
  • 3 of 46%
  • All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
August 27, 2026
On file
4 visits since June 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Type B — 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 or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades...(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall include courses...of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum." This requirement is not met by evidence by: Based on interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as there is unqualfied staff supervising children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · July 14, 2026

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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2026 Complaint Substantiated

Complaint · May 11, 2026

Substantiated · CCR 101216.1(c)(1)(A) · Type B

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 or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades...(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall include courses...of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum." This requirement is not met by evidence by: Based on interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as there is unqualfied staff supervising children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Nov 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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What it costs

Application fee
$75
Deposit
$500, refundable
Siblings
5% sibling discount, per child, for families enrolling two or more children

A day here

7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, sleep, diapers and three more
Meals
Infants: family-provided food for all meals; Toddlers: family food labeled, plus snacks and Vitamin D/whole or soy milk provided twice daily; Preschool: family-provided lunch or provider food-service option; CCTR/CSPP participants get both snack and lunch provided
Sleep
Infants sleep as needed in own cribs in a separate sleep area; Toddlers nap on a cot up to 2.5 hours/day (one nap); Preschool & Pre-K nap daily up to 2 hours/day
Diapers
Provider supplies diapers, pull-ups, and wipes unless a parent requests a specific type (e.g. cloth diapers)
Updates for parents
Procare Connect app (plus email, text, or site telephone)
Schedule
Full-day
Closed
Closed federal holidays and part of winter break

How they teach

Play-based

“Footsteps Child Care’s philosophy and approach is based on research and best practices, which includes play- based curriculum, child, teacher, and family-initiated experiences, continuity of care and consistency in routines.”

Policies

When a child is sick
Must be fever-free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) before returning; fever defined as 100.4°F/38°C or higher

Details

Phone
(650) 362-3132
Address
715 Bradford Street, Redwood City, 94063
License
414004780
Established
1994

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Children per adult

How they teach

What it costs

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

A day here

Policies

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.

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