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Sojourner Truth Child Development Center

paccc.org

At a glance

  • Medium developmental center, licensed for 35 children.
  • Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Tuition $1,690 a month, full time; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

From their website, read July 2026:

“Infant-Toddler | 1:4 Ratio Downtown Children’s Center (DCC) Infant-Toddler Center (ITC) Sojourner Truth Child Development Center (STCDC)”

“Preschool | 1:8 Ratio Barron Park Children’s Center (BPCC) College Terrace Children’s Center (CTC) Downtown Children’s Center (DCC-PS) Ellen Thacher Children’s Center (ETCC) Sojourner Truth Child Development Center (STCDC-PS)”

What to know

They serve: 2 months to 2 years old (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections under this license since March 2022.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 17, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 12, 2024Nothing cited
  • Apr 19, 2023Nothing cited
  • Mar 30, 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
April 17, 2025
On file
4 visits since March 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.

Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

What it costs

From $1,690 a month

Bay Area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

Half day
$1,490 a month
Application fee
$25

A day here

7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Schedule
Schedule
Full Day; Part Day Long

How they teach

Developmental and play-based

“PACCC's Whole-Child Approach At PACCC, we believe in a whole-child approach to early education and care”

Details

Phone
(650) 493-5990
Address
3990 Ventura Ct, Palo Alto, 94306
License
430702825

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:

Sojourner Truth Child Development Center

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How they teach

What it costs

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

A day here

Details

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.

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