Petaluma · Licensed family home
Foursha, Gwendolen Family Child Care Home
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in October 2024.
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Licensing inspections
- Oct 1, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Bay Area family homes inspected once had the same: 95% of 192.
How all 192 Bay Area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 192 Bay Area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No95%This home
- Yes5%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 2, 2025
- On file
- 1 visit, October 2024 — it cited nothing · 4 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- Type A —
On multiple dates in 2021, Licensee (L1) did not ensure the personal rights of children in care to safe and healthful accommodations and engaged in conduct inimical to the health, welfare, and safety of persons in care, in that facility staff did not ensure children two years of age and over wore face coverings while in the facility, as required by the CA Dept. of Public Health Guidance on the Use of Face Coverings issued June 18, 2020 and updated November 16, 2020, and an individual mask exception did not apply.
· November 17, 2021
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.
Jul 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · July 9, 2025
Mar 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · March 1, 2023
Sep 2021 Complaint 1 of 3 allegations substantiated
Complaint · September 3, 2021
California decided each allegation separately.
Substantiated
- Licensee is not adhering to Covid-19 masking safety protocols.
Unsubstantiated
2 allegations
Substantiated: the state found it more likely than not that it happened. Unsubstantiated: the state could not tell whether it happened.
CCR 102423(a)(2) · Type A
On multiple dates in 2021, Licensee (L1) did not ensure the personal rights of children in care to safe and healthful accommodations and engaged in conduct inimical to the health, welfare, and safety of persons in care, in that facility staff did not ensure children two years of age and over wore face coverings while in the facility, as required by the CA Dept. of Public Health Guidance on the Use of Face Coverings issued June 18, 2020 and updated November 16, 2020, and an individual mask exception did not apply.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 529-4953
- Area
- Petaluma, 94954
- License
- 493004282
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 4 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=7, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=1, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.