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Oak Center Cultural Center, INC.

1324 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607 · Alameda County
Child care center (preschool)

Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in Oakland, CA, licensed for up to 11 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #101 of 142 centers in Oakland and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 79% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
Tied for #101 of 142 centers in Oakland
1 Type A citations
1 Type B citations
2 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
2 citations from 8 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Sep 30, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Oct 14, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Sep 30, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Sep 30, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 26, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Feb 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 6, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation Sep 19, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1
Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Sep 30, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
A REVIEW OF RECORDS AND INTERVIEWS WHICH 1 Licensee will install a safety latch onto the gate, that is out of reach of children, to ensure that a child is unable to open the gate and leave the play area. Licensee will install the safety latch by 10/14/25. REVEALED WHILE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND, A CHILD WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE BACK GATE AND RUN ONTO THE STREET.
Plan of correction due Oct 14, 2025
Type B Feb 15, 2023 Case management visit (incident) Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223
(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. 1 Licensee will conduct an all staff training on child personal rights. Licensee will submit to community care licensing a staff sign in sheet of all in attendance and a summary of the training and changes that will be made to prevent future incidents by 3/1/23. Lpa discussed TSP program and supervision with center director. Should she want to enroll, contact lpa for referral This requirement was not met as evidence by: interviews and self reported unusual incident; in an attempt to keep several children from climbing a bookshelf, a teacher "swat" a child on the forehead when she swung her hand backward. 8
Plan of correction due Mar 1, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity 11 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Feb 1, 2019
Licensee Oak Center Cultural Center, INC.
Administrator Mary Jordan
Phone (510) 891-0035
State facility # 013423067
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Common questions

Does Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 30, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

How does Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. compare with other daycares in Oakland?

It is tied for #101 of 142 centers in Oakland by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. last inspected?

Sep 30, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Oak Center Cultural Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Oakland, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Oak Center Cultural Center, INC.?

The licensee is Oak Center Cultural Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Mary Jordan.

Licensed centers nearby

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 013423067 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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