Belmont · Licensed center
Footsteps@nesbit Puma Cubs-Infant
At a glance
- Small play-based center, licensed for 15 children.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
From their website, read July 2026:
“● Our Infant-Toddler and Preschool Teacher and/or Adult to child ratio is approximately 1:3 for Infant- Toddler, 1:4–1:8 for Older Toddlers, 1:8–1:12 for Preschool and Prekindergarten.”
“● Our Infant-Toddler and Preschool Teacher and/or Adult to child ratio is approximately 1:3 for Infant-Toddler, 1:4 for Older Toddlers, and 1:8 for Preschool.”
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections under this license since August 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 10, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 13, 20242 citations
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 101430(a)(3)(A)(4)
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.”
CCR 101216(f)
- Aug 2, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 3 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had fewer: 51% of 568 had none cited.
How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None51%
- 1 of 334%This center
- 2 of 312%
- All 33%
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.
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.
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What it costs
- Application fee
- $75
- Deposit
- $500, refundable
- Siblings
- 5% sibling discount per child for families enrolling 2+ children (minimum 3 days/week to qualify); tuition only
A day here
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Meals, sleep, diapers and two more
- 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)
- Closed
- Closed the week between Christmas and New Year, all federal holidays, and part of winter break
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.”
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
- Phone
- (650) 592-0522
- Address
- 500 Biddulph Way, Belmont, 94002
- License
- 414001948
- 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)We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies and tuition. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_school_age_family_handbook_2025-2026_-_cctr_integrated_updated_03.2026.pdf
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
What it costs
- Application fee, Deposit, Sibling discount — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Sleep, Diapers, Updates for parents, Hours, Calendar, Closed — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website, Ages they serve, Established — Checked July 2026 footstepschildcare.org/…/footsteps_child_care_preschool_handbook_2025-2026.pdf
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.