Novato · Licensed family home
Lien, Kristen A.
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 8, 2026Nothing cited
- Jul 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 3, 2023Nothing cited
- Feb 16, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this home's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 4 times had at least one: 54% of 753.
How all 753 Bay Area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 753 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None46%This home
- 1 of 431%
- 2 of 416%
- 3 of 45%
- All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 8, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2022 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
Details
- Phone
- (415) 320-5891
- Area
- Novato, 94947
- License
- 214005435
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked November 2026.
State record
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.