Menlo Park · Licensed center
Ihsd, Inc-Fair Oaks Head Start Center
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 86 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.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 30, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 19, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 21, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 24, 2023Nothing cited
- May 19, 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
- September 30, 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.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 368-1728
- Address
- 3502 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, 94025
- License
- 414000717
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Sources and dates
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.