San Mateo · Licensed center

Little Bloom Child Development Center

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

One staff is named on their site, with no start year given.

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

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 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
March 6, 2026
On file
4 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Type B — (a) Drinking water from a noncontaminating fixture or container shall be readily available both indoors and in the outdoor activity area. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having drinking water accessible when children are outside for play, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · March 6, 2026

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 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 6, 2026

CCR 101239.2(a) · Type B

(a) Drinking water from a noncontaminating fixture or container shall be readily available both indoors and in the outdoor activity area. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having drinking water accessible when children are outside for play, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 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).

A day here

Calendar
Year round

Details

(650) 638-9300

Website
littlebloomcdc.com
Address
1911 Elkhorn Court
License
414002584, active
Established
2010
Ownership
For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

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:

Little Bloom Early Child Development Center

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