Petaluma · Licensed center
North Bay Children's Center P/S - McDowell
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 39 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 24, 2026Nothing cited
- Nov 17, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 9, 2025Nothing cited
- Feb 6, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 14, 2024Nothing cited
- May 5, 2023Nothing cited
- Aug 17, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 7 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 7 times had at least one: 81% of 145.
How all 145 Bay Area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 145 Bay Area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None19%This center
- 1 of 726%
- 2 of 726%
- 3 of 715%
- 4 of 710%
- 5 of 73%
- 6 of 71%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- June 24, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since August 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
- (707) 763-2000
- Address
- 405 South Mcdowell, Petaluma, 94954
- License
- 493006542
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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, 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.