Footsteps Preschool
Footsteps Preschool was a licensed child care center in Milpitas, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties (b) All child care centers shall have a director. The Licensee will submit the qualification requirements of the Personnel that will be a potential Facility Director by the Proof of Correction Date set as of 11/24/2021 and will be submitted to LPA via mail, fax and or email. Based on the LPA record review and staff interviews, the facility does not have a current Qualified Director. This requirement was not met as evidence. This poses an potential risk to the Health, Safety and personal rights of the children in care. LPA advised the Licensee to review the regulation 101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties, sample website link as https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-Sec-101215-1
101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties (m) A child care center director shall complete the health and safety training if necessary pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866. 1 The licensee will require the personnel to take the health and safety training and will submit to the LPA a written request for an exception for the Director Qualification requirement by the Proof of Correction set as 12/17/2021 and will be submitted to LPA via mail, fax and or email. Based on the LPA record review and staff interviews, the facility's Acting Director did not complete the health and safety training. This requirement was not met as evidence. This poses an potential risk to the Health, Safety and personal rights of the children in care. 8 LPA advised the Licensee to review the regulation 101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties, sample website link as https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-Sec-101215-1
Complaint investigations
1. Qualifications - Facility did not have a current director.
2. Qualifications - Unqualified staff is providing care and supervision.
About this center
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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 434414537 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.