A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare · Preschool, Oakley
A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare is a licensed child care center in Oakley, CA, licensed for up to 29 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 12 centers in Oakley and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare compare with other daycares in Oakley?
It is tied for #1 of 12 centers in Oakley by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare last inspected?
May 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Oakley, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs A Child's Place Preschool & Daycare?
The licensee is Carolyn J. Hays, and the administrator listed with the state is Carolyn Hays.
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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 070213772 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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