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Arbuckle Children's Center · Infant Center, Arbuckle

940 Wildwood Road, Arbuckle, CA 95912 · Colusa County
1 substantiated complaintInfant center

Arbuckle Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Arbuckle, CA, licensed for up to 20 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2003. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #3 of 5 centers in Arbuckle and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 45%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. About typical
Tied for #3 of 5 centers in Arbuckle
0Type A citations
1Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Dec 16, 2024

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 16, 2024 · Inspection · no citationSep 12, 2023 · Inspection · no citationNov 19, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BNov 19, 2021Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(3)
; C1 being left in the same diaper the child arrived in at 7:30am until the child was picked up at 1:30pm.
Plan of correction due Nov 29, 2021

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedNov 19, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Nov 9, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Day care child left in soiled diaper for an extended period of time.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity20 children
License typeInfant center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceDec 22, 2003
LicenseeColusa County Office Of Education
AdministratorVicki Markss
Phone(530) 476-2115
State facility #065403847

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Common questions

Does Arbuckle Children's Center take infants?

Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.

Has Arbuckle Children's Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Arbuckle Children's Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Arbuckle Children's Center compare with other daycares in Arbuckle?

It is tied for #3 of 5 centers in Arbuckle by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Arbuckle Children's Center last inspected?

Dec 16, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Arbuckle Children's Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Arbuckle Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Colusa County, which includes Arbuckle, was $1,253 a month for infants (about $1,580 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Arbuckle Children's Center?

The licensee is Colusa County Office Of Education, and the administrator listed with the state is Vicki Markss.

Licensed centers nearby

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 065403847 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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