Valle Verde Children's Center
Valle Verde Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Walnut Creek, CA, licensed for up to 208 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 38 centers in Walnut Creek and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. A staff MARY MICHAEL was supervising children but not associated to license. Director stated she started working October 2022, Transfer Request was faxed to CCLD Office but Director did not verify if association was complete.Today Guardian showed MARY was not associated to any licensed childcare facility and her process was closed in January 2023 due to inaction. During inspection MARY left facility to get Live Scan re-done. Since facility initiated fingerprint process when MARY was hired and there is no history of clearance citations, a Type B deficiency with $100 civil penalty is being assessed today. All other staff present today were cleared and associated. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Valle Verde Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Valle Verde Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Valle Verde Children's Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Valle Verde Children's Center compare with other daycares in Walnut Creek?
It is tied for #17 of 38 centers in Walnut Creek by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Valle Verde Children's Center last inspected?
Sep 22, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Valle Verde Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Valle Verde Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Walnut Creek, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Valle Verde Children's Center?
The licensee is Valle Verde Children's Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Christine Muller.
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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 070212461 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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