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Help U Grow (Hug)

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 39 children.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Mar 26, 2026Nothing cited
  • Mar 14, 2025Nothing cited
  • May 1, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jun 28, 2023Nothing cited
  • May 4, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.

How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare

Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None29%This center
  • 1 of 535%
  • 2 of 523%
  • 3 of 59%
  • 4 of 54%
  • All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
March 26, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2022 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

Details

Phone
(415) 664-4500
Address
3830 Noriega Street, San Francisco, 94122
License
384003072

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Sources and dates

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All checked November 2026.

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

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.

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