Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start
Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start is a licensed child care center in Fresno, CA, licensed for up to 45 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #86 of 205 centers in Fresno and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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record review. Director could not provide medical assessments for two children today (child #1 and child #2) 1 Director stated that she would obtain the missing medical assessment/physical and submit to the Department by POC date: 1018/2021. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and or personal rights of children in care.
Record review and interview. Today, Director confirmed that staff did not inform parent at pick up that child #1 had an 1 Director stated that she and staff would monitor children for any possible markings or injuries that developed during school or after nap time and inform parent of any sustained injury as required. A training will be conducted with staff on reporting requirements, agenda and staff signature page will be submitted to CCL by POC date: 10/18/2021. injury/mark on his/her face that was caused by child #1 placing his/her face on the cot's frame during nap time. Staff acknowledged that the injury/mark was not there before nap time and several staff noticed it afterwards. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and or personal rights of children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start compare with other daycares in Fresno?
It is tied for #86 of 205 centers in Fresno by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 46% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start last inspected?
Apr 22, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Fresno County, which includes Fresno, was $858 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Fresno EOC Sequoia Head Start?
The licensee is Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, and the administrator listed with the state is Ruth Hickingbottom.
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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 103808401 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.