Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah
Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah is a licensed child care center in Ukiah, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #7 of 13 centers in Ukiah and better than 46% of licensed centers statewide.
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On 7/26/23, licensee failed to maintain a lead 1 Licensee has made the faucets temporarily inaccessible by shutting the water off, and children receive drinking water from bottled water. value at or below the Action Level for water lead testing resulting with values of 5.5 ppb or greater for faucet "A". Water testing results identified with Action Level Exceedance as defined in WD section 101700.3. are not deemed safe to drink. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. The licensee will determine if the faucet will be replaced and retested or permanently removed by POC date and will submit plans regarding how that will be accomplished by 9/20/23.
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Common questions
Does Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah compare with other daycares in Ukiah?
It is tied for #7 of 13 centers in Ukiah by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 46% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah last inspected?
Apr 18, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Mendocino County, which includes Ukiah, was $800 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Nco Head Start - Child Dev. Ctr. - S. Ukiah?
The licensee is North Coast Opportunities INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Kathy Stuart.
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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 233001386 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.