Santa Rosa · Licensed center
Head Start - Lincoln Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 48 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 7, 2025Nothing cited
- Apr 17, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 7, 20241 citation
CCR 101229(a)(1)Type B
“Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review of the Unusual Incident Reports submitted by the facility with admission that one staff was left with a group of 14 children for 5 minutes on 02/15/24 and child (C1) was alone in a classroom without supervision for 20 minutes on 02/27/24, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
- Sep 5, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 4 times split three ways: 41% had fewer, 38% the same, and 21% more (569 centers).
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%
- 1 of 438%This center
- 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
- October 7, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023 — 3 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 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 7, 2024
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review of the Unusual Incident Reports submitted by the facility with admission that one staff was left with a group of 14 children for 5 minutes on 02/15/24 and child (C1) was alone in a classroom without supervision for 20 minutes on 02/27/24, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 546-4984
- Address
- 604 Simpson St, Santa Rosa, 95401
- License
- 490111008
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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, Who runs it 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.