Palo Alto · Licensed center

Kindercare@work - Downtown Palo Alto

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 4 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).

Details

(650) 473-1100

Address
848 Ramona Drive
License
434404999, active
Ownership
For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

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 Alto

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