The Home Church
The Home Church is a licensed child care center in Lodi, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2015. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #21 of 24 centers in Lodi and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where one staff did not have a cleared background check, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where staff mandated reporter training certificates were expired, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does The Home Church take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Home Church had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 26, 2024, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does The Home Church compare with other daycares in Lodi?
It is #21 of 24 centers in Lodi by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Home Church last inspected?
Feb 26, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Home Church cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Home Church for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Joaquin County, which includes Lodi, was $798 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Home Church?
The licensee is Bible Baptist Church, Stockton, California, and the administrator listed with the state is May Cooper.
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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 393619966 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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