Head Start - Lincoln Center
Head Start - Lincoln Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Rosa, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 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 #23 of 52 centers in Santa Rosa and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review of the Unusual Incident Reports submitted by the facility with admission that one staff was left with a group of 14 children for 5 minutes on 02/15/24 and child (C1) was alone in a classroom without supervision for 20 minutes on 02/27/24, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Head Start - Lincoln Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Head Start - Lincoln Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Head Start - Lincoln Center compare with other daycares in Santa Rosa?
It is tied for #23 of 52 centers in Santa Rosa 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 Head Start - Lincoln Center last inspected?
Apr 17, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Head Start - Lincoln Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Head Start - Lincoln Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sonoma County, which includes Santa Rosa, was $1,150 a month for preschoolers (about $1,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Head Start - Lincoln Center?
The licensee is Community Action Partnership Of Sonoma County, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura Contreras.
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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 490111008 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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