Virginia Child Development Center
Virginia Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 27 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. 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 122 centers in Bakersfield and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Virginia Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Virginia Child Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Virginia Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Bakersfield?
It is tied for #1 of 122 centers in Bakersfield by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Virginia Child Development Center last inspected?
Mar 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Virginia Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Virginia Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Virginia Child Development Center?
The licensee is Community Action Partnership Of Kern, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura Padilla Bravo.
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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 150407508 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.