Willow Child Development Center
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.
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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
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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.