Taft Child Development Center
Taft Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Taft, CA, licensed for up to 66 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 190 centers in Kern County and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Taft Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Taft Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Taft Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Taft Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Kern County?
It is tied for #1 of 190 centers in Kern County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Taft Child Development Center last inspected?
Aug 26, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Taft Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Taft Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Taft, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Taft Child Development Center?
The licensee is Community Action Partnership Of Kern, and the administrator listed with the state is Giovanni V. Aragon.
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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 153808580 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.