Palo Alto · Licensed center
Kindercare@work - Downtown Palo Alto
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 68 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 6 licensing inspections under this license since December 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 28, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 5, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 23, 20251 citation
CCR 101229(a)(1)Type A
“Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision 101229(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a child was left unsupervised in the classroom, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of the child in care.”
CCR 101229(a)(1)
- Jan 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 3, 2024Nothing cited
- Dec 13, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 6 inspections under this license. Bay Area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 17% had fewer, 35% the same, and 48% more (252 centers).
How all 252 Bay Area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 252 Bay Area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None17%
- 1 of 635%This center
- 2 of 631%
- 3 of 612%
- 4 of 66%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 28, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since December 2022 — 5 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision 101229(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a child was left unsupervised in the classroom, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of the child in care.
· April 23, 2025
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 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 23, 2025
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision 101229(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a child was left unsupervised in the classroom, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of the child in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (650) 473-1100
- Address
- 848 Ramona Drive, Palo Alto, 94301
- License
- 434404998
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
Kindercare@work - Downtown Palo AltoWe couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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
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.