Redwood City · Licensed center
Footsteps @ Redwood Creek
- Small play-based center, licensed for 18 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 4 licensing inspections since June 2022.
Of the 91 Bay Area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 36% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 1% had rules cited at all 4.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- August 27, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since June 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- Type B —
101216.1: Teacher Qualifications and Duties: " (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve post-secondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades...(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall include courses...of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum." This requirement is not met by evidence by: Based on interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as there is unqualfied staff supervising children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· July 14, 2026
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.
May 2026 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · May 11, 2026
Substantiated · CCR 101216.1(c)(1)(A) · Type B
101216.1: Teacher Qualifications and Duties: " (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve post-secondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades...(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall include courses...of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum." This requirement is not met by evidence by: Based on interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as there is unqualfied staff supervising children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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How they teach
Play-based
“Footsteps Child Care’s philosophy and approach is based on research and best practices, which includes play- based curriculum, child, teacher, and family-initiated experiences, continuity of care and consistency in routines.”
What it costs
- Application fee
- $75
- Deposit
- $500, refundable
- Siblings
- 5% sibling discount, per child, for families enrolling two or more children
A day here
- Hours
- 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Meals
- Infants: family-provided food for all meals; Toddlers: family food labeled, plus snacks and Vitamin D/whole or soy milk provided twice daily; Preschool: family-provided lunch or provider food-service option; CCTR/CSPP participants get both snack and lunch provided
- Sleep
- Infants sleep as needed in own cribs in a separate sleep area; Toddlers nap on a cot up to 2.5 hours/day (one nap); Preschool & Pre-K nap daily up to 2 hours/day
- Diapers
- Provider supplies diapers, pull-ups, and wipes unless a parent requests a specific type (e.g. cloth diapers)
- Updates for parents
- Procare Connect app (plus email, text, or site telephone)
- Schedule
- full-day
- Closed
- Closed federal holidays and part of winter break
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Must be fever-free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) before returning; fever defined as 100.4°F/38°C or higher
Details
- Website
- footstepschildcare.org
- Address
- 715 Bradford Street
- License
- 414004780, active
- Ages they serve
- 6 weeks – 24 months (Infant/Toddler) and 2.0 years–entering TK/Kindergarten (Preschool)
- Established
- 1994
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
What it costs
- Application fee, Deposit, Sibling discount — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Sleep, Diapers, Updates for parents, Hours, Calendar, Schedule, Closed — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website, Ages they serve, Established — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.