Hearts and Hands Christian Childcare & Preschool · Preschool, Gilroy
Hearts and Hands Christian Childcare & Preschool was a licensed child care center in Gilroy, CA, licensed for up to 65 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 2 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department or This is requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 07/15/2022, Site Director stated that she will submit paperwork for S-2 and understands that S-2 cannot be at the facility until fingerprints are cleared and associated. Based on record review, S-2 completed livescan on 06/29/2022; however, facility number was entered incorrectly. S-2's fingerprints are not cleared and associated to facility, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8
Building and Grounds. The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 Defiency has been corrected. On 05/27/2022, facility had their contractor move the wooden beam higher. It is currently about 6 feet off the ground. Based on observation and record reviews, facility had a wooden beam that went across the pergola that was about 3 feet off the ground. LPA observed that children had to bend down or squat down to go under. There was an incident where a child bumped into it and obtained a red mark on their face, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Facility playground is hazardous
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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 434416687 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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