Kinderwood Child Development Center, INC · Infant Center, San Jose
5560 Entrada Cedros, San Jose, CA 95123 · Santa Clara County
ClosedInfant center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 3, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Kinderwood Child Development Center, INC was a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around March 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 6 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 5 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
1Type A citations
4Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 6Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Food & feeding2
Caregiver conduct1
Building & playground safety1
Sleep safety1
Citations, newest first
Type AMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on interviews, staff (S1) handle infant (C1) roughly and force feed infant. This poses an immediately risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 AB633 Parent Notification is required. According to AB 633, all parents of children currently enrolled and any future children being enrolled for the next 12 months must be provided with this report which contains this type A deficiency.
Plan of correction due May 14, 2022
Type BMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationFood & feeding
Infant food service §101427(h)
Based on interviews, infants that cannot hold bottles are not being held by a staff person and bottles have been popped for feedings. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due May 20, 2022
Type BMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Infant Care General Sanitation §101438.1(d)
Based on interviews, infant pacifiers were not being sanitized. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due May 20, 2022
Type BMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationFood & feeding
Infant food service §101427(d)(1)
Based on interviews, partially consumed bottle is not being discarded and left out at room temperature more than two hours. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due May 20, 2022
Type BMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationSleep safety
Infant sleeping equipment §101439.1(f)(3)
Based on interviews, staff (S1) draped a blanket over infant (C1) crib while infant was in crib. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due May 20, 2022
Complaint investigations
Not substantiatedJan 20, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Oct 28, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedJan 20, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Nov 1, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedDec 21, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Oct 20, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Feb 28, 2022
Substantiated allegations:
Staff are propping bottles up for infants in the infant swings
Pacifiers are not sanitized properly
Formula in a partially consumed bottle is not being discarded
Formula is left out at room temperature more than 2 hours
Staff handle infants roughly
4 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Mar 14, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedMay 13, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Mar 14, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Staff covered daycare child’s crib with a blanket.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity30 children
License typeInfant center
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceSep 10, 1993
ClosedMar 3, 2023
LicenseeKinderwood Child Development Center, INC.
Last administratorElise Ulrich
State facility #430710584
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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 430710584 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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