Santa Clara · Licensed center
Santa Clara Christian Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 75 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since May 2023.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 9% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3, 54% at none.
Licensing inspections
Mar 6, 20242 citations
“(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for two staff which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Staff (C1 and C4) are missing immunizations for measles and staff, C1 is missing the Health Screening Report (LIC 503).”
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)
“(f) At least one staff member who is trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866 shall be present when children are at the child care center or offsite for center activities. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. No staff member on site has a current CPR and First Aid certification on file. Director was reminded that there shall be at least one person, with valid CPR and First Aid certifications, on site at all times or present during off-site activities.”
CCR 101216(f)
May 3, 20231 citation
“Lead Testing Written Directives - a result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the Lead Sampling Report in one(1) identified faucet: Room 15, D, Sink Faucet had elevated lead above 5.5 ppb. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.”
101700.3(b)(1)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 9, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2023 — 1 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- 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.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · March 6, 2024
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) · Type B
(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for two staff which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Staff (C1 and C4) are missing immunizations for measles and staff, C1 is missing the Health Screening Report (LIC 503).
CCR 101216(f) · Type B
(f) At least one staff member who is trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866 shall be present when children are at the child care center or offsite for center activities. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. No staff member on site has a current CPR and First Aid certification on file. Director was reminded that there shall be at least one person, with valid CPR and First Aid certifications, on site at all times or present during off-site activities.
May 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 3, 2023
101700.3(b)(1) · Type B
Lead Testing Written Directives - a result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the Lead Sampling Report in one(1) identified faucet: Room 15, D, Sink Faucet had elevated lead above 5.5 ppb. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Sep 2022 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · September 20, 2022
Substantiated · CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type B
Personal Rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: a child was not used to, nor wanted to take nap was forced to during nap-time that the facility did not comply with the section cited above which posed an potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Website
- scchristian.org
- Address
- 3421 Monroe Street
- License
- 434400031, active
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 scchristian.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 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.