Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1
- Local median
- 0.37
MITCHELL HEAD START
1791 GROVE AVENUE, Atwater, CA 95301
- Facility:
- 243808275
- Type:
- DAY CARE CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 20
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionApril 27, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsApril 27, 2026
Summary
This summary covers five available inspections for MITCHELL HEAD START from February 14, 2023 through April 27, 2026.
Three inspections recorded violations, with five recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on March 25, 2024 and involved facility condition, with a due date of April 12, 2024.
Supervision was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Two later inspections, from March 18, 2025 through April 27, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 5
- Recorded violations
- 5
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 1
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
5 total inspections vs 5 local median in 95301
Compared to 10 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 20%
- Local median
- 10%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 60%
- Local median
- 37%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.8
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Facility condition
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
February 21, 2024March 25, 2024Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: During the outdoor inspection, LPAs observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPAs observed the sensory table, two children kitchen aides, and the sand box cover collected rained water, wet sands, and dried leave that is unsafe and unsanitized to the children in care. This deficiency was previously addressed; however, LPAs observed that it is still poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 12, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238(a) - 101238(a)
- Official code
- 101238(a)
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- Buildings and Grounds (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The following deficiencies: the exterior wall panels of the shed were tearing apart in the bottom of the shed; the children wooded outdoor play kitchen have 4 black widow spiders, bird drops and dried debris on the sidewalk cement, and multiple trash empty chip bags on the side of the fence. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 28, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238(a) - 101238(a)
- Official code
- 101238(a)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff #5 (S5) is the site supervisor since 02/02/2023, but licensee failed to report the change of Director to the Department within 10 days. This potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 28, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(b) - 101212(b)
- Official code
- 101212(b)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Lead Testing (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Per facility Representative Staff 1 (S1), the sink(s) and faucet(s) in the facility have been tested but she did not have proof of the testing which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 15, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1597.16(a)(1) - 1597.16(a)(1)
- Official code
- 1597.16(a)(1)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Written Directives for Lead Testing (1) For a license issued on or after July 1, 2022, initial testing results shall be received and posted within 180 days of licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. During the indoor inspection, LPA did not observe licensee posted the initial testing results of the water tested for lead contamination levels. Facility Representative Staff 1 (S1) stated the facility conducted the water for lead testing, but she did not have the result report. S1 had a copy of the parents’ notification so she immediately posted the parents notification of water testing for lead in the facility but not the water tested results as she did not have in the facility which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 15, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency