Foster City · Licensed family home
Gabriela Barbin Family Child Care
A family home in Foster City, licensed for up to 12 children. Run by the person who holds the license. The state cited something at 1 of 4 routine visits (Bay Area family homes: about 1 in 4). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small home. Small means licensed for 10 to 13 children, among Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Full-size is 14, the most any Bay Area family home holds.
Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 4 cited something
Across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits).
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- December 23, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2024 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(a) There shall be one crib or play yard for each infant who is unable to climb out of the crib or play yard. (3) Mattresses shall be firm and covered with a fitted sheet that is appropriate to the mattress size, fits tightly on the mattress, and overlaps the underside of the mattress so it cannot be dislodged. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: At 2:20PM., Based on observation, LPA confirmed infant play pens do not have tight fitted sheets installed. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
· October 27, 2025
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.
Oct 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 27, 2025
CCR 102425(a)(3) · Type B
(a) There shall be one crib or play yard for each infant who is unable to climb out of the crib or play yard. (3) Mattresses shall be firm and covered with a fitted sheet that is appropriate to the mattress size, fits tightly on the mattress, and overlaps the underside of the mattress so it cannot be dislodged. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: At 2:20PM., Based on observation, LPA confirmed infant play pens do not have tight fitted sheets installed. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Details
- Phone
- (415) 528-8186
- Area
- Foster City, 94404
- License
- 414005152, active
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State record
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Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov