First Steps Learning Center
First Steps Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Lafayette, CA, licensed for up to 32 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #19 of 22 centers in Lafayette and better than 28% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the facility maintains ratio at all times, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 teacher's aid supervising 7 infants. The staff indicated the other teacher left the classroom to change an infant's diaper.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above ensuring that each infant up to 12 months of age has the LIC 9227 form in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does First Steps Learning Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has First Steps Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 17, 2023, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does First Steps Learning Center compare with other daycares in Lafayette?
It is #19 of 22 centers in Lafayette by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 28% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was First Steps Learning Center last inspected?
Oct 7, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
Who runs First Steps Learning Center?
The licensee is Professional Childcare Management INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Kelsey Keller.
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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 073400647 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.