Sunnyvale · Licensed center

California Young World

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.

How they teach

Play-based

“California Young World follows a play-based, child-centered learning model aligned with California Early Learning Foundations.”In their words, July 2026.californiayoungworld.org

One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 2 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. Two visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
September 6, 2024
On file
2 visits since December 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.

Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · December 1, 2022

CCR 101223(a)(2) · Type B

Personal Rights: The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: staff in Portable 2 were not properly washing hands of the children, not properly washing reusable dishes, and not following hygiene protocol in reference to food service (including proper discarding of food). This presents a potential risk to the health/safety of children in care.

State report

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).

Details

(408) 245-7285

Website
californiayoungworld.org
Address
1110 Fairwood Avenue
License
430710229, active

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All checked July 2026.

How they teach

State record

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