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Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos · Child Care Center, Los Gatos

16575 Shannon Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032 · Santa Clara County
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos is a licensed child care center in Los Gatos, CA, licensed for up to 84 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). It came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0 Type A citations
1 Type B citations
0 Inspections
0 of 1 Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 1 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Feb 6, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citation Jan 6, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation found Jun 9, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jan 6, 2026 Case management visit (other) Staff ratios
Preschool program with toddler component §101216.4(a)(2)
Site Director will submit a plan to the department of how they will keep the toddler and preschool children separate. By plan of correction date 01/20/2026. While conducting a facility tour Site Director self reported that (C1 & C2) toddler children were commingled in the preschool classroom which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 6, 2026

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Feb 6, 2026 Complaint investigation received Dec 3, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 84 children
License type Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Aug 22, 2025
Licensee Presbyterian Church Of Los Gatos
Administrator Vanessa Chavira-manrique
Phone (408) 356-4442
State facility # 434417243
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Common questions

Has Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How much does Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Los Gatos, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Growing Footprints & Growing Footsteps-los Gatos?

The licensee is Presbyterian Church Of Los Gatos, and the administrator listed with the state is Vanessa Chavira-manrique.

Licensed centers nearby

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 434417243 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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