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Stanford West Children's Center

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 24 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since August 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jan 14, 2026Nothing cited
  • Oct 29, 20241 citation
    • 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: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member's criminal background check has not finished processing yet and an eligible clearance has not been obtained which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A)

  • Jul 27, 2023Nothing cited
  • Jul 21, 2023Nothing cited
  • Aug 5, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 5 inspections under this license. Bay Area centers inspected 5 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (457 centers).

How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare

Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None29%
  • 1 of 535%This center
  • 2 of 523%
  • 3 of 59%
  • 4 of 54%
  • All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
January 14, 2026
On file
5 visits since August 2022 — 4 cited nothing
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: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member's criminal background check has not finished processing yet and an eligible clearance has not been obtained which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · October 29, 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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 29, 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: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff member's criminal background check has not finished processing yet and an eligible clearance has not been obtained which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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What staff are paid

Early Childhood Teacher
$20.40 to $31.45 an hourJob posting, August 2026
Early Childhood Education Substitute Teacher
$20.40 to $31.45 an hourJob posting, August 2026

Details

Phone
(650) 723-8700
Address
625 Clark Way, Palo Alto, 94304
License
435700746

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:

Stanford West Children's Center

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What staff are paid

State record

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

Details

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.

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