Redwood City · Licensed center
Catalyst Kids - Henry Ford (preschool)
- Medium center, licensed for 36 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since July 2023.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 54% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 14, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2023 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 2498 Massachusetts Avenue
- License
- 414002468, active
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.