Stepping Stones Christian Preschool

3200 Gosford Rd, Bakersfield, CA 93309 · Kern County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 31, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Stepping Stones Christian Preschool was a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 79 children. Its license closed around May 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

2 Inspections

1 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Food & feeding 1

Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Mar 6, 2023 Complaint investigation Food & feeding

Food service §101227(a)(1)

information gathered. Faciltiy does not have food readily availble as listed on menu, which causes the facility to give un-healthy food to children in care. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 17, 2023

Type B Mar 6, 2023 Case management visit (other) Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(3)

the LPA's observations further documented in the 809 report. This is a possible risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 6, 2023

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Mar 6, 2023 Complaint investigation received Feb 28, 2023

Substantiated allegation:

Failure to follow required food groups

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 79 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Oct 9, 2019

Closed May 31, 2023

Licensee Stepping Stones Preschool Of Bakersfield, LLC

Last administrator Amanda Gonzalez

State facility # 153810086

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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 153810086 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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