YWCA Preschool-forestville
YWCA Preschool-forestville was a licensed child care center in Forestville, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around October 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
Based on staff interviews C1 was without clothes and was not properly cleaned for approximately 45 minutes. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 S1 will send LPA the plan to staff and assist children in the bathroom when necessary to Melinda.mohr@dss.ca.gov
Based on staff interview C1 was not provided comfortable accommodations as the bathroom was cold and C1 did not have privacy while being changed. This poses/posed a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk(s) to children in care.
based on an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) submitted by the facility on 11/01/24, It was reported by the site supervisor that S2 took C1 into the restroom and caused the child to yell, scream and ask S2 to stop hurting them. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
based on an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) submitted by the facility on 04/16/24, It was reported by the site supervisor that during afternoon snack time on 04/12/24 at 03:15pm, child C1, who has a peanut allergy, ingested peanut butter that was unintentionally served by staff S1 and required medical attention. This posed a potential health and safety hazard to the child in care. 8 The site supervisor will submit a copy of the meeting agenda and staff sign in sheet to the LPA by 05/10/24.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not meet child(ren)'s toileting needs
Licensee did not provide a comfortable environment for children in care
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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 493010192 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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