Child care in Kern County
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683 child care providers in Kern County, California.
From the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division: Child care centers, Family child care homes licensed for more than eight children and Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. The record lists 28,188 child care providers in California.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.
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What the words on these cards mean7
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Day care center Wind in the Willows Preschool, the Boron, California 93516 1citation in the last three yearsSep 22026the latest visit on record30children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 2, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025.
- Day care center Wonder Window Childrens Center Bakersfield, California 93306 0citations in the last three yearsAug 282025the latest visit on record60children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 28, 2025Quality ratingNot published 1 visit on record, nothing cited.
- School age day care center Wonder Window Childrens Center Bakersfield, California 93306 1citation in the last three yearsOct 272026the latest visit on record28children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool Age Day Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 27, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2026.
- Day care center Wonderful Preschool: Lost Hills Lost Hills, California 93249 0citations in the last three yearsSep 232026the latest visit on record72children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 23, 2026Quality ratingNot published 3 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Yates-Thompson, Tanisha Family Child Care Bakersfield, California 93313 0citations in the last three yearsFeb 182025the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 18, 2025Quality ratingNot published 2 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zacarias Family Child Care Arvin, California 93203 0citations in the last three yearsSep 12026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 1, 2026Quality ratingNot published 3 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zambrano, Cristel Family Child Care Bakersfield, California 93314 0citations in the last three yearsFeb 122026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 12, 2026Quality ratingNot published 4 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zaragoza, Stephanie Family Child Care Delano, California 93215 0citations in the last three yearsAug 52024the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 5, 2024Quality ratingNot published 1 visit on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zarate, Cecilia Family Child Care Mc Farland, California 93250 1citation in the last three yearsSep 52025the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionSep 5, 2025Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025.
- Family day care home Zarazua, Norma Family Child Care Bakersfield, California 93307 0citations in the last three yearsJun 52026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 5, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zuniga, Silvia Family Child Care Bakersfield, California 93309 1citation in the last three yearsNov 132025the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNov 13, 2025Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024.
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Source:
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers and Family child care homes licensed for more than eight children. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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