Healdsburg · Licensed center
YWCA Child Care Center - Healdsburg
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 53 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 8 licensing inspections since May 2024.
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Licensing inspections
- Sep 30, 2026Nothing cited
- Jul 9, 2026Nothing cited
- Apr 13, 2026Nothing cited
Feb 23, 20261 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, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This is not met as evidenced by: On 2/12/26, C1 was unsupervised in the classroom for approximately 1 minute. Staff did not observe C1 enter the classroom by themself which poses a potential risk to the health and safety or personal rights of children in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
- Aug 21, 2025Nothing cited
- Dec 4, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 19, 2024Nothing cited
- May 8, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 8 times had more: 73% of 80 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 80 Bay Area centers inspected 8 times compare
Of the 80 Bay Area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 823%This center
- 2 of 828%
- 3 of 818%
- 4 of 815%
- 5 of 88%
- 6 of 85%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- September 30, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since May 2024 — 7 cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- Type A —
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 violation: Absence of supervision, including but not limited to, a child left unattended... This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interview with staff S1 and video of child alone in outdoor play yard without any staff for 8 minutes on 4/9/25 which poses an immediate health, safety and or personal rights risk to the child in care.
· April 25, 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.
Feb 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 23, 2026
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, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This is not met as evidenced by: On 2/12/26, C1 was unsupervised in the classroom for approximately 1 minute. Staff did not observe C1 enter the classroom by themself which poses a potential risk to the health and safety or personal rights of children in care.
Apr 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · April 22, 2025
HSC 1596.99(c)(3) · Type A
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 violation: Absence of supervision, including but not limited to, a child left unattended... This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interview with staff S1 and video of child alone in outdoor play yard without any staff for 8 minutes on 4/9/25 which poses an immediate health, safety and or personal rights risk to the child in care.
Feb 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · February 4, 2025
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision-No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: child C1 was found outside of the outdoor preschool play area fencing but within the secondary fence based on staff admission on 1/30/25. The child was within audible range. This poses a potential health and safety risk to the child in care.
CCR 101227(a)(2) · Type B
Food Services-All food shall be safe and of the quality and in the quantity necessary to meet the needs of the children. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: staff interviewed indicated that milk was not served on one day in mid January 2025 dues to milk being spoiled and the program ran out of fresh fruit. This poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
CCR 101212(d) · Type B
Reporting Requirements- upon occurrence of an unusual incident a report shall be made to the department by telephone within the next business day during business hour and a written report shall be submitted within 7 days following the occurrence. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: the incident occurrence date was 1/30/25 and the department was notified with a unusual incident report on 02/18/2025. This poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 546-7177
- Address
- 1557 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 95448
- License
- 493010463
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 3 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=4, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=0, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=1, Type B citations=3. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License 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.