Bay Area Group Homes for Children and Teens
Violations over the past 5 years
Child and teen victims of abuse and neglect in California are put in the care of the state's child welfare system, where they can be placed with family members, foster or adoptive parents, or assigned to 24-hour child care facilities known as group homes. To ensure those facilities provide adequate care, investigators with the California Department of Social Services conduct unscheduled inspections. As part of that process, group homes can receive two different types of citations: "Type A" citations are given for deficiencies that pose an "immediate risk to children's safety, health, or personal rights," while "Type B" citations are given for deficiencies that pose a "potential risk to children's safety, health, or personal rights."
Bay Area Counties (click for details)
Top 10 Most Cited Group Homes
These 10 group homes received the most citations in the Bay Area for “Type A” violations, which pose an immediate risk to children’s safety, health, or personal rights, according to the California Department of Social Services. The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit obtained the last two years of inspection reports for these facilities, which you can access by clicking the links below.
| County | Facility | Type A Violations |
Capacity | Inspection Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa | California Anchor Residents #3 | 54 | 6 | View report |
| Contra Costa | Lighthouse Mentoring Center 4 | 36 | 6 | View report |
| Contra Costa | Jin's Haven | 35 | 6 | View report |
| Contra Costa | Lighthouse Mentoring Center 2 | 31 | 6 | View report |
| San Mateo | East Palo Alto Teen Home, Inc. | 27 | 6 | View report |
| Contra Costa | Lee Family Care Home #3 | 26 | 6 | View report |
| Santa Clara | Pace - Miracle | 23 | 6 | View report |
| Contra Costa | Alana's House | 21 | 6 | View report |
| Alameda | Elaine's Group Home | 20 | 6 | View report |
| Alameda | Millie's Youth Services | 20 | 6 | View report |
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Violations at Bay Area Group Homes
Type A violations pose an immediate risk to safety, health, or personal rights
Type B violations pose a potential risk to safety, health, or personal rights.