Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center
Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center is a licensed child care center in Red Bluff, CA, licensed for up to 6 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2022. 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 14 centers in Red Bluff and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center compare with other daycares in Red Bluff?
It is tied for #1 of 14 centers in Red Bluff by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center last inspected?
May 1, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Tehama County, which includes Red Bluff, was $975 a month for infants (about $1,230 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Fish Tales Early Head Start Infant Center?
The licensee is Northern California Child Development, INC. Nccdi, and the administrator listed with the state is Heather Cole.
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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 525408180 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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