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Holding Hands Montessori

4000 Clayton Road, Concord, CA 94521 · Contra Costa County
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Holding Hands Montessori is a licensed child care center in Concord, CA, licensed for up to 15 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0Type A citations
1Type B citations
1Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Jan 29, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jun 18, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationJan 29, 2026 · Inspection · no citationJan 29, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 2, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BApr 2, 2025Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(2)
The facility had the sink faucet (Outlet A) retested on 4/1/2025 and is awaiting the results. Director must submit the retesting results to LPA by 4/30/2025. Per Lead Testing results, there is1 drinking water outlet inside the facility with lead exceedance. Director states that the outlet have not been used. Due to children having access to the water , this poses/posed potential risk to health/safety of children.
Plan of correction due Apr 30, 2025

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About this center

Licensed capacity15 children
License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceOct 30, 2024
LicenseeHolding Hands Montessori
AdministratorJulia Wolfe
Phone(925) 222-5945
State facility #073409609

Common questions

Has Holding Hands Montessori had any serious violations?

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

When was Holding Hands Montessori last inspected?

Jan 29, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Holding Hands Montessori cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Holding Hands Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Concord, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today), $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Holding Hands Montessori?

The licensee is Holding Hands Montessori, and the administrator listed with the state is Julia Wolfe.

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 073409609 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.