Tenaya Head Start
Tenaya Head Start was a licensed child care center in Merced, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around January 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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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... Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director stated a training will be held regarding care and supervision and will review playground saftey, active supervision and discuss zoning indoor/outdoor and implement new outdoor pick up procedure.
Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. .. Site Supervisor shall conducted a staff meeting and review CCLD reporting requiremts with all staff. Site Supervisor will provide CCLD with a staff sign in of those who attended the meeting. Further Site Supervisor will submit a plan of action on how the facility will follow CCLD reporting requirements. (1) Events reported shall include the following: (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child.
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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 243810098 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.