Belmont · Licensed center

Footsteps@nesbit Puma Cubs-Infant

What these mean, and where they come from

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

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

How they teach

Play-based

“Footsteps Child Care’s philosophy and approach is based on research and best practices, which includes play-based curriculum, child, teacher, and family-initiated experiences, continuity of care and consistency in routines.”In their words, July 2026.footstepschildcare.org

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

Who cares for your child

One adult for every three infants

Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

One adult for every four toddlers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

Two staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

What it costs

Application fee $75. Deposit $500, refundable. Sibling discount: 5% sibling discount per child for families enrolling 2+ children (minimum 3 days/week to qualify); tuition only.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 3 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine 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.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
April 10, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 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.

Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 13, 2024

CCR 101430(a)(3)(A)(4) · Type B

(A) Staff shall place infants up to 12-months of age on their backs for sleeping. (4) Infants with an Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)] that have Section C of the form completed and signed by an authorized representative shall be placed on their back when first laid down to sleep. In the event the infant changes position, the infant may remain in the alternative position. 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 infants under 12 months are missing the LIC 9227 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101216(f) · Type B

(f) At least one staff member who is trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866 shall be present when children are at the child care center or offsite for center activities. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 6/8 staff were missing current CPR which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Aug 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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).

A day here

Meals
Infants: food provided by family for all meals (bottles/formula/purees labeled with child's name, contents, and date)
Sleep
Infants have their own crib in a separate sleep area and sleep as needed; per licensing, no loose articles/soft objects, no restrictive sleep sacks, nothing attached to a pacifier, no swaddling, and rolling from back to tummy is noted on the sleeping plan
Diapers
Provided by the program (diapers, pull-ups, wipes) unless a family supplies a specific type, e.g. cloth diapers
Updates for parents
Procare Connect app (plus email, text, and phone)
Hours
7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
Closed
Closed the week between Christmas and New Year, all federal holidays, and part of winter break

Policies

When a child is sick
Fever-free 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) required before return; fever is defined as 100.4°F/38°C or higher

Details

(650) 592-0522

Website
footstepschildcare.org
Address
500 Biddulph Way
License
414001948, active
Ages they serve
6 weeks - 24 months
Established
1994

The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.

The day-care-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:

Footsteps@nesbit Puma Cubs(preschool)

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State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

A day here

  • Meals, Sleep, Diapers, Updates for parents, Hours, Calendar, Closed — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org

Policies

Details