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Willow Child Development Center

401 Willow Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308 · Kern County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 29, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Willow Child Development Center was a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 56 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
1Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 22, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJan 13, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundSep 27, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BJan 13, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3
California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (a)California’s Action Level for lead in water at Child Care Centers is 5ppb.(b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. 1 Director confirmed that the parents/guardians have been notified; LPA observed report posted and letter. Outlet C is in an inaccessible area has been made inaccessible; Director confirmed that outlet C is in the process of being replaced and will be retested. (1) A result with values of 5.5ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met by evidence by: Based on record review provided by CRWA a result of (ALE) of 17ppb for outlet C which is out of compliance over the allowable ALE 5.5ppb. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jan 13, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity56 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceSep 29, 2009
ClosedAug 29, 2025
LicenseeCommunity Action Partnership Of Kern
Last administratorNikola Jones
State facility #153808574

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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 153808574 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.