San Mateo · Licensed center

Pfs- First Step Cdc

A center in San Mateo, licensed for 22 children. Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 3 cited something

Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
August 7, 2025
On file
3 visits since October 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
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.

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · September 28, 2022

Unsubstantiated

ALLEGATION(S): Individual had an inappropriate interaction with a child while in care. A child sustained unexplained bruising while in care. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Marie Rodriguez conducted a subsequent unannounced complaint inspection to close complaint. LPA met with Site Supervisor Marisol Ostorga and Family Engagement Coordinator Sofia Zwass and explained purpose of inspection. Present at the center were the Site Supervisor, Family Engagement Coordinator, four teachers, and ten children (5 toddlers and 5 preschool aged). Allegations were investigated by LPA and by the Department’s Investigations Branch (IB). During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews, conducted a physical plant tour, reviewed records, and obtained pertinent documentation. LPA also received pertinent documentation obtained by IB. Based on information gathered by LPA and the Department’s Investigations Branch, there is insufficient evidence to prove that an individual had an inappropriate interaction with a child and a child sustained unexplained bruising while in care. Although the allegations may have happened or may be valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore the allegations are found to be UNSUBSTANTIATED. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Details

Phone
(650) 619-7198
Address
325 Villa Terrace
License
414002552, active

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State record

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The state’s licensing transparency data reports 1 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=2, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

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