Bright Horizons at Kansas Street (Inf)

200 Kansas Street, Ste. 100, San Francisco, CA 94103 · San Francisco County

Closed Infant center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 1, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Bright Horizons at Kansas Street (Inf) was a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 64 children. Its license closed around September 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 2 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

2 Inspections

2 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 1

Background checks 1

Training & qualifications 1

Staff ratios 1

Citations, newest first

Type A May 17, 2023 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(1)(3)

Based on LPA's interviews, staff member did withhold food from a child, yell at children, handled children roughly, and make inappropriate comments to children. This is an immediate risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due May 24, 2023

Type A Apr 20, 2022 Inspection Background checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(d)

Based on (record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [1] out of [12] staff did not have fingerprint clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Apr 20, 2022

Type B Apr 20, 2022 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [9] out of [12] Staff did not have a current Mandated Reporter Training on file] which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due May 4, 2022

Type B Oct 28, 2021 Complaint investigation Staff ratios

Staff-infant ratio §101416.5(b)

Based on interview, a teacher was present with 5 infants for about five minutes before another staff came to help on 10-15-21. This is a potential risk for children in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 5, 2021

Complaint investigations

Substantiated May 17, 2023 Complaint investigation received Apr 17, 2023

Substantiated allegations:

- Staff handled day care children in a rough manner.

- Staff are depriving day care children of food as punishment.

- Staff make inappropriate comments towards day care children.

- Staff yelled at day care child.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

Substantiated Oct 28, 2021 Complaint investigation received Oct 19, 2021

Substantiated allegation:

Facility is operating out of ratio

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 64 children

License type Infant center

License status Closed

Licensed since May 16, 2014

Closed Sep 1, 2023

Licensee Bright Horizons Children's Centers, LLC

Last administrator Cynthia Hernandez

State facility # 384002478

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Bright Horizons at Kansas Street (Ps)
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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 384002478 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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