Redwood City · Licensed center
Redwood City Child Development Program
A play-based center in Redwood City, licensed for 20 children. Care for a toddler is $2,200 a month, less than 14 of 16 Bay Area full-time prices.
Small center. 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.
How they teach
Play-based and developmental
“The Music Together curriculum naturally fosters many important developmental areas”In their words. rccdp.org, July 2026
“Here, children have the opportunity to freely choose from a variety of hands-on, meaningful, play-based activities.”In their words. rccdp.org, July 2026
One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
One staff is named on their site, with no start year given.
What it costs
$2,200 a month for a toddler
Lower than 14 of 16 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.
Lower than 31 of 36 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Redwood City Child Development ProgramMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Bay Area prices as of September 29, 2026. Part-time $1,340 to $1,800 a month. Prices from their website, July 2026.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
California CDSS Community Care Licensing records this provider’s license as “Closed, Single License Conversion”, closed December 19, 2025. That is the state’s own wording, quoted as published. The record below is one the state published, and the state still publishes it. Check with the provider or the state directly.
- Last visit
- December 10, 2024
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2022
- Most serious
- Type A —
Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: ***THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF ORIGINAL REPORT DATED 12/10/24*** ***Deficiency has been modified from a TYPE A violation to a TYPE B violation.*** Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there is an individual present (A1) who is not fingerprint cleared which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· December 10, 2024
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.
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · December 10, 2024
HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) · Type A
Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision(f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: ***THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF ORIGINAL REPORT DATED 12/10/24*** ***Deficiency has been modified from a TYPE A violation to a TYPE B violation.*** Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there is an individual present (A1) who is not fingerprint cleared which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
CCR 101430(a)(3)(E) · Type B
(E) If an infant falls asleep before being placed in a crib, staff shall move the infant to a crib as soon as possible. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there was a child sleeping outside during outdoor play which is not an area not permittable for sleeping which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack provided daily at no cost to parents
- Outdoors
- Outdoor time is not withheld for minor cold symptoms; parents cannot request children stay indoors for cough/runny nose
- Sleep
- Rest time offered after lunch for all full-day CSPP/CCTR children; center provides sheets and blankets
- Diapers
- Diapers and wipes provided by the program
- Updates for parents
- Brightwheel app
- Hours
- 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Schedule
- full-day
- Closed
- Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (1st Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), Day After Thanksgiving (4th Friday in November), Christmas Eve (Dec 24), Christmas Day (Dec 25), New Year's Eve (Dec 31), New Year's Day (Jan 1), Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday in January), President's Day (3rd Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child must be symptom-free (or on medication) for 24 hours before returning; fever of 100.4°F or higher requires 24-hour improvement before return
- Biting
- Challenging behaviors (including biting) are logged in a behavior record; parents are informed only about their own child and progressively escalated to a documented Child Success Team behavior-plan process
Details
- Phone
- (650) 780-7520
- Website
- rccdp.org
- Address
- 2600 Middlefield Road
- License
- 410509731, active
- Ages
- 11 months to 5 years 9 months (pre-kindergarten)
- Established
- 1985
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee. The day-care-center license is published separately as Redwood City Child Development Program, INC., with its own license and its own inspection record.
Do you run Redwood City Child Development Program? Shortlist has no ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff — rccdp.org
What it costs
- Toddler, Preschool, Second price — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers, Updates for parents, Calendar, Closed — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
- Hours, Schedule — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
Policies
- When a child is sick, Biting — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org
- Ages, Established — Checked July 2026 · rccdp.org