Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Antioch, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 5). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 23 centers in Antioch and better than 8% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 was roughly handling infant children which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. 8 Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 was seen swaddling infant children on multiple occassions which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when S1 pulled C1's hair which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. 8 Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when C1 fell asleep on half circle soft equipment and left there for 3-15 minutes which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. 8 Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
By COB 02/24/2023, facility will have outlet permanetly removed from outdoor play yard and will submit visual proof to licensing. Per Lead Testing results, there is 1 drinking water outlet inside facility with lead exceedance. Director states outlets have not been used since pandemic. Since they were in use before pandemic, this poses/posed potential risk to health/safety of children.
Complaint investigations
Staff do not follow safe sleep practices
Facility staff pulled child's hair
Staff did not move sleeping infant to crib.
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 14, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Antioch?
It is tied for #17 of 23 centers in Antioch by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 8% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Nov 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Antioch, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Selene Acosta.
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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 073401324 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.