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Congregational Children's Center · Preschool, Shafter

430 E Tulare Ave, Shafter, CA 93263 · Kern County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 30, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Congregational Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Shafter, CA, licensed for up to 50 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, and issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
0Type B citations
3Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 18, 2023 · Inspection · no citationAug 26, 2022 · Inspection · no citationSep 2, 2021 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios1

Citations, newest first

Type ASep 2, 2021InspectionStaff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
LPAs observation of Staff #1 with 13 children. 1 Director assigned children to staff accordingly to maintain the teacher to child ratio. Deficiency was cleared during inspection. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Sep 2, 2021

About this center

Licensed capacity50 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceAug 15, 1983
ClosedMay 30, 2025
LicenseeCongregational Church Of Shafter
Last administratorLinda Garza
State facility #150403996

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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 150403996 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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