Footsteps @ Redwood Creek · Infant Center, Redwood City
Footsteps @ Redwood Creek is a licensed child care center in Redwood City, CA, licensed for up to 18 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #15 of 43 centers in Redwood City and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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101216.1: Teacher Qualifications and Duties: " (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve post-secondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades...(A) The units specified in (c)(1) above shall include courses...of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum." This requirement is not met by evidence by: 1 Facility must make changes in the classroom to ensure that there is always a fully qualified staff present supervising the children. Facility must also submit a written acknowledgement understanding the regulation of qualified staff. Based on interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as there is unqualfied staff supervising children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Written acknoweledgment statement must be submitted to LPA Tapia-Mandujano by 7/17/26.
Complaint investigations
Unqualified staff working with infant component.
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Common questions
Does Footsteps @ Redwood Creek take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Footsteps @ Redwood Creek had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Footsteps @ Redwood Creek?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Footsteps @ Redwood Creek compare with other daycares in Redwood City?
It is tied for #15 of 43 centers in Redwood City by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Footsteps @ Redwood Creek last inspected?
Nov 24, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Footsteps @ Redwood Creek cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Footsteps @ Redwood Creek for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Mateo County, which includes Redwood City, was $1,947 a month for infants (about $2,460 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Footsteps @ Redwood Creek?
The licensee is Footsteps Child Care, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Jennifer Foletta.
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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 414004780 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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