San Francisco · Licensed center
Kai Ming Head Start-Geary Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 49 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 5 licensing inspections since October 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 24, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 23, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 16, 2023Nothing cited
- Feb 9, 2022Nothing cited
Oct 12, 20211 citation
HSC 1596.99(c)(3)Type A
“§1596.99(c)(3) L. of civil penalty in addition to suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation; amounts; regulations setting forth appeal procedures for deficiencies (c) The department shall assess an immediate civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues after citation, for any of the following serious violations: (3) Absence of supervision, including, but not limited to, a child left unattended, and supervision of a child by a person under 18 years of age.This requirement was not met as evidenced by based upon the report, a child who walked out of the facility by himself without care and supervision from any facility's staff during pick-up time on 9/22/21. The child was discovered walking down the street by one of the parents under 5 minutes. This poses an immediate safety risk to children in care.”
HSC 1596.99(c)(3)
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 5 inspections. Bay Area centers inspected 5 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (457 centers).
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%
- 1 of 535%This center
- 2 of 523%
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 24, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2021 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
§1596.99(c)(3) L. of civil penalty in addition to suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation; amounts; regulations setting forth appeal procedures for deficiencies (c) The department shall assess an immediate civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues after citation, for any of the following serious violations: (3) Absence of supervision, including, but not limited to, a child left unattended, and supervision of a child by a person under 18 years of age.This requirement was not met as evidenced by based upon the report, a child who walked out of the facility by himself without care and supervision from any facility's staff during pick-up time on 9/22/21. The child was discovered walking down the street by one of the parents under 5 minutes. This poses an immediate safety risk to children in care.
· October 12, 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.
Oct 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 12, 2021
HSC 1596.99(c)(3) · Type A
§1596.99(c)(3) L. of civil penalty in addition to suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation; amounts; regulations setting forth appeal procedures for deficiencies (c) The department shall assess an immediate civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per violation and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues after citation, for any of the following serious violations: (3) Absence of supervision, including, but not limited to, a child left unattended, and supervision of a child by a person under 18 years of age.This requirement was not met as evidenced by based upon the report, a child who walked out of the facility by himself without care and supervision from any facility's staff during pick-up time on 9/22/21. The child was discovered walking down the street by one of the parents under 5 minutes. This poses an immediate safety risk to children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (415) 387-3133
- Address
- 6221 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, 94121
- License
- 384001291
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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.