East Palo Alto · Licensed family home
Qiuyu Gao Family Child Care
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.
Source for who runs it
ccld.dss.ca.govShortlist 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: 2 of 3 cited something
Bay Area family homes: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- August 29, 2024
- On file
- 3 visits since August 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
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.
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · August 29, 2024
CCR 102416.3(a)(6) · Type B
102416.3: Alterations to Existing Buildings or Grounds: (a) Prior to making alterations or additions to a family child care home or grounds, the licensee shall notify the Department of the proposed changed, including, but not limited to, the following: (6) Any change from an area of the family child care home previously identified as "off limits" to an area where care and supervision will be provided to children in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed a child that was sleeping in a pack and play being taken out of Bedroom #3, a room that is labeled as an "off limits" area prior to being approved by the department which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR102425(b) · Type B
102425:Infant Sade Sleep: (b) Cribs or play yards shall be free from all loose articles and objects. This requirement is not met as evidence by : Based on observations, LPA observed an infant child sleeping in a pack and play with a stuff animal and bottle inside of the pack and play which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 25, 2024
CCR 102425(j)(2)(D)(c) · Type B
Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: Time of each 15-minute check This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as per licensee she is no longer safe slee logs for children under 24 months, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits).
Details
- Area
- East Palo Alto, 94303
- License
- 414004937, active
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Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov