Methodist Tiny Tots
850 16th Street, Modesto, CA 95354 · Stanislaus County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 22, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Methodist Tiny Tots was a licensed child care center in Modesto, CA, licensed for up to 40 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
1Type A citations
3Type B citations
3Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Building & playground safety2
Background checks1
Training & qualifications1
Citations, newest first
Type BJan 9, 2024Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
(a) 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. 1 Director will have submit a maintance request to have carpets professionally cleaned and will also order a small carpet cleaner for area rugs. Director will submit pictures and invoice to CCL by 1/19/2024.
Plan of correction due Jan 19, 2024
Type BJan 12, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3
California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (a) California’s Action Level for lead in water at Child Care Centers is 5 ppb. (b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. (c) If testing indicates an Action Level Exceedance at any water outlet, the water from that outlet is deemed not safe to drink and an immediate response pursuant to section 101704 shall be required. This requirement was not met evidence by: 1 Director has notified and posted ALE results at a reasonable location for Authorized representatives to review. Director agrees to provide evidence of the repaired new fixture for (ALE of 8.6 ppb in outlet B Sink Faucet _Room 9) and evidence of testing results at or below the action level. Based on record review provided by Director indicating an ALE of 8.6 ppb in outlet B Sink Faucet _Room 9. These results indicate out of compliance over (ALE) 5.5 ppb. This poses a…
Plan of correction due Feb 2, 2023
Type ANov 4, 2021InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)
Based on observation and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of 4 staff were notfinger printed/associated to the facility which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 4, 2021
Type BNov 4, 2021InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based onobservation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 4 staff did not have mandated reporting training completed; which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 3, 2021
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedJan 9, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jan 4, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Facility carpets are not kept clean.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity40 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceOct 28, 1986
ClosedMay 22, 2025
LicenseeFirst United Methodist Church
Last administratorAlexandria Candelario
State facility #500309781
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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 500309781 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.