Ames Child Care Center · Infant Center, Moffett Field
Ames Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Moffett Field, CA, licensed for up to 52 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2005. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (2 of 6). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #306 of 550 centers in Santa Clara County and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.
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, on 11/10/2025 rodent droppings were discovered by a teacher in Mercury and Viking classrooms. On 11/12/2025 rodent was discovered in Apollo and Vanguard classrooms by a teacher. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Staff-Infant Ratio. There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. This requirement is not being met as evidence by: interviews and record review conducted shows facility on at 1 Facility has provided a plan along with staffing schedule to ensure that they remain in ratio at all times. Facility now has qualified substitute's filling in when regular staff are out and/or late. least a few days was following toddler ratio when they should have been following infant ratios. This has the potential to be a health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Deficiency cleared during today's visit.
To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation...or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to... Director is to hold an in person all staff meeting with all teachers within the infant component. Personal Rights training must be a topic. Additionally, employee expectations memo regarding how staff are expected to treat children to be provided and signed by employees. This requirement is not being met as evidence by: Director stated that S1 was observed to hit a child's hand and telling the child to stop what they were doing. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety to the children in care. 8 Copy of employee expectations memo with staff signatures and then signatures of staff in attendance of the training along with agenda topics to be submitted to LPA no later than 2/23/2024.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Complaint investigations
- Facility is operating out of ratio.
- Staff is mishandling the daycare children while in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Ames Child Care Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Ames Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Ames Child Care Center?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Ames Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Santa Clara County?
It is tied for #306 of 550 centers in Santa Clara County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Ames Child Care Center last inspected?
Jun 3, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Ames Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ames Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Moffett Field, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Ames Child Care Center?
The licensee is Ames Child Care Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Christine Nazario.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 434408036 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.