Palo Alto · Licensed center
Kindercare@work - Downtown Palo Alto
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 26 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections under this license since December 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 28, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 3, 2024Nothing cited
- Dec 13, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.
How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None41%This center
- 1 of 438%
- 2 of 415%
- 3 of 46%
- All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 28, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2022 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
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) 473-1100
- Address
- 848 Ramona Drive, Palo Alto, 94301
- License
- 434404999
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:
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
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.