Tehama Center
Tehama Center is a licensed child care center in Tehama, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1982. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #22 of 28 centers in Tehama County and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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(a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Will have 2 staff conducting headcounts while children are outside and have children sit at the bench and conducting second counts. Staff will conduct physical sweeps of the playground and submit a a plan to LPA of recent changes. This was not met as evidence by: based on interviews and record review, C1 was unsupervised for 5 minutes on the playground while class was transitioning from outside. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 All parents should have a signed LIC 9224 in children's file for new and currently enrolled children. Plan of action to be submitted to CCL by 5/31/24
About this center
Common questions
Does Tehama Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Tehama Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 30, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Tehama Center compare with other daycares in Tehama County?
It is tied for #22 of 28 centers in Tehama County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Tehama Center last inspected?
Oct 10, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Tehama Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Tehama Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Tehama County, which includes Tehama, was $681 a month for preschoolers (about $860 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Tehama Center?
The licensee is Northern California Child Development, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Rachel Gallagher.
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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 521370103 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.