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Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church Nurtury

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 150 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 2 of its 9 licensing inspections since April 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 18, 2026Nothing cited
  • Nov 6, 20251 citation
    • CCR 101229(a)(1)Type B
      • “(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... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and documentation/record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in that a child was left unsupervised, which poses an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. Child was left unsupervised in the bathroom for about 3 minutes. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.”

        CCR 101229(a)(1)

  • Sep 24, 2025Nothing cited
  • Oct 8, 2024Nothing cited
  • Feb 27, 2024Nothing cited
  • Mar 15, 2023Nothing cited
  • Nov 28, 2022Nothing cited
  • Sep 23, 20221 citation
    • CCR 101229(a)(1)Type B
      • “(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time.[..] Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A child was left outside by themselves on the playground, with a lack of supervision from a teacher. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.”

        CCR 101229(a)(1)

  • Apr 13, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 9 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 9 times had more: 54% of 48 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 48 Bay Area centers inspected 9 times compare

Of the 48 Bay Area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None2%
  • 1 of 923%
  • 2 of 921%This center
  • 3 of 923%
  • 4 of 913%
  • 5 of 915%
  • 6 of 92%
  • 7 of 92%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
September 18, 2026
On file
9 visits since April 2022 — 7 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Type B — (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... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and documentation/record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in that a child was left unsupervised, which poses an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. Child was left unsupervised in the bathroom for about 3 minutes. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. · November 6, 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.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 6, 2025

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B

(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... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and documentation/record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above in that a child was left unsupervised, which poses an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. Child was left unsupervised in the bathroom for about 3 minutes. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.

State report

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · October 30, 2022

ALLEGATION(S): Staff inappropriately touched child while in care INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 3/6/23 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) M.M. conducted an unannounced Subsequent Complaint Investigation at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church Nurtury. LPA met with Director, C.N. and explained the purpose of today’s inspection which is to deliver the finding for above allegation. Investigation was conducted by Investigations Branch investigator Abeyta. During a scheduled forensic interview, child in question did not want to participate and did not disclose any inappropriate touching allegations against staff in question. There were no indications of injuries to child in the Medical and Examination Reports. Interviews conducted with staff revealed consistent statements of child being independent when using the restroom; staff in question not assisting in child’s diaper changing and was never left alone with staff in question. Other staff denied witnessing staff in question touching children inappropriately. Staff in question also denied allegations of inappropriately touching child. Parents interviews revealed there to be no concerns, no issues and feelings of being safe with staff in question. continued on page 9099-C Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Sep 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 23, 2022

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B

(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time.[..] Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A child was left outside by themselves on the playground, with a lack of supervision from a teacher. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.

Request Denied

State report

Apr 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(925) 376-4800
Address
10 Moraga Valley Lane, Moraga, 94556
License
070207368

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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

Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.

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