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Free To Be Pre-school

188 Appian Way, Union City, CA 94587 · Alameda County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 23, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Free To Be Pre-school was a licensed child care center in Union City, CA, licensed for up to 49 children. Its license closed around August 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
2Type B citations
3Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 14, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 16, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJan 26, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundJan 28, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1
Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type BDec 14, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
(a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. To begin correcting the exceedance, the facility has applied and been granted assistance from the AB 2370 Team on 12/13/23 and is waiting on California Rural Water Association (CRWA) to contact the facility and schedule the sampling. Based on interview, the facility has not completed the lead testing, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Director shall schedule lead testing and submit required documents (LIC 9275, LIC 9276, LIC 999, photos, lead testing results and any other supporting documents to LPA due date of 1/15/24.
Plan of correction due Jan 15, 2024
Type BJan 26, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(f)
Based on observation and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in no staff have current CPR/First Aid training on file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. CPR/First aid expired on 10/24/2022
Plan of correction due Feb 13, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity49 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJan 19, 1993
ClosedAug 23, 2024
LicenseeAlva Garcia
Last administratorAlva J. Garcia
State facility #010214913

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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 010214913 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.