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Fairfield · Licensed center

Head Start - Kidder - Infant/Toddler

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 8 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since February 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Mar 3, 2025Nothing cited
  • Feb 14, 20231 citation
    • CCR 101429(a)(2)(C)Type B
      • “(C) Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, observation and staff interviews five infants were missing their name, and/or date, and/or initial, and/or time of each 15 miniute check and observations. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        CCR 101429(a)(2)(C)

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected twice had fewer: 64% of 362 had none cited.

How all 362 Bay Area centers inspected twice compare

Of the 362 Bay Area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None64%
  • 1 of 232%This center
  • Both4%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
March 3, 2025
On file
2 visits since February 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 14, 2023

CCR 101429(a)(2)(C) · Type B

(C) Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, observation and staff interviews five infants were missing their name, and/or date, and/or initial, and/or time of each 15 miniute check and observations. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

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Details

Phone
(707) 758-9159
Address
1657 Kidder Avenue, Fairfield, 94533
License
483009363

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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

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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