Palo Alto · Licensed family home
Terrazas, Amor
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since October 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 1, 20261 citation
CCR 102416.5(b)(3)Type B
“(b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, only if the criteria in Section 1597.44 of the Health and Safety Code are met. 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 8 preschool-age children were present at the time of the inspection. LPA confirmed no children present were enrolled and attending TK or above, and no children were at least 6 years old, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 102416.5(b)(3)
- Oct 22, 2025Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected twice had fewer: 72% of 572 had none cited.
How all 572 Bay Area family homes inspected twice compare
Of the 572 Bay Area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None72%
- 1 of 223%This home
- Both5%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 1, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since October 2025 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, only if the criteria in Section 1597.44 of the Health and Safety Code are met. 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 8 preschool-age children were present at the time of the inspection. LPA confirmed no children present were enrolled and attending TK or above, and no children were at least 6 years old, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· October 1, 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.
Oct 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 1, 2026
CCR 102416.5(b)(3) · Type B
(b) For a Small Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home, shall be one of the following: (3) More than six and up to eight children, without an additional adult attendant, only if the criteria in Section 1597.44 of the Health and Safety Code are met. 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 8 preschool-age children were present at the time of the inspection. LPA confirmed no children present were enrolled and attending TK or above, and no children were at least 6 years old, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (650) 468-1788
- Area
- Palo Alto, 94306
- License
- 435700439
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.