Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC
Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 32 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.
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101223 Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met by: 1 The director stated that since the incident, all emergency backpacks taken out for filed trips have two extra sets of clothing purchaced by facility. A meeting with all staff was also conducted where Personal Rights regulations were discussed. Director also ensured all staff was aware of where restrooms are located at park where incident occurred. Based on interviews, obtained information, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Staff member involved has…
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Has Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC last inspected?
Mar 17, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $2,084 a month for infants (about $2,630 today), $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) and $792 a month for school-age children (about $1,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mission Head Start-mission Bay CDC?
The licensee is Mission Neighborhood Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Vivian Lopez.
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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 384004903 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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