Free to Be Me Child Care · Preschool, Livermore
Free to Be Me Child Care is a licensed child care center in Livermore, CA, licensed for up to 90 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2013. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. All 2 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #19 of 44 centers in Livermore and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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interviews and report review. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children. A staff restrain a child in high chair while feeding.
, based on the LPA's observation LPA observed flies in the preschool classroom. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to children in care.
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Common questions
Does Free to Be Me Child Care take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Free to Be Me Child Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Free to Be Me Child Care?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Free to Be Me Child Care compare with other daycares in Livermore?
It is tied for #19 of 44 centers in Livermore by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Free to Be Me Child Care last inspected?
Nov 14, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Free to Be Me Child Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Free to Be Me Child Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Livermore, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Free to Be Me Child Care?
The licensee is Ftbmkids, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Janet Billingsley.
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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 013421393 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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