Free to Be Me Child Care · Infant Center, Livermore
Free to Be Me Child Care is a licensed child care center in Livermore, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2013. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. All 3 came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #27 of 44 centers in Livermore and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Staff (S8) handling children in rough manner, violating personal rights, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of the children in care. You are hereby notified that an immediate $250 civil penalty is being cited today. An additional civil penalty may be assessed if not corrected.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as facility does not have sleep logs for bubble bees classroom, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as 2 muffine bars, and club crakers are expired, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Staff member handles day care children in a rough manner while in care.
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Common questions
Does Free to Be Me Child Care take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Free to Be Me Child Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Free to Be Me Child Care?
California investigated 1 complaint 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 #27 of 44 centers in Livermore by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Free to Be Me Child Care last inspected?
Oct 31, 2025. The state issued at least one citation 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 $1,874 a month for infants (about $2,360 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 Janette 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 013421395 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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