Menlo Park · Licensed family home

Dalila Bernal Castro Family Child Care

A family home in Menlo Park, licensed for up to 14 children. Run by the person who holds the license. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.

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

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 3 cited something

Across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits). Three 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
October 22, 2025
On file
3 visits since July 2022 — 2 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.

Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 12, 2024

HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) · Type B

(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3/3 staff are missing documentation of training which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.;

CCR 102416.1(a)(10) · Type B

(a) Personnel records shall be maintained on each employee and shall contain the following information: (10) A signed and dated copy of the Notice of Employee Rights [LIC 9052, (Rev. 03/03)] as required by Section 102416(a) and Section 102417. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2/2 staff were missing the lic 9052 as well as lic 9108 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

HSC 1597.622(a)(1) · Type B

(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in3/3 staff were missing documentation of immunizations which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Jul 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

Details

Phone
(650) 380-0608
Area
Menlo Park, 94025
License
414002348, active

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