Palo Alto · Licensed center
Covenant Children's Center
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 75 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections under this license since March 2022.
Of the 91 Bay Area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 36% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 1% had rules cited at all 4.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- April 4, 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.
Openings, child care subsidies, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Play-based
“We provide a variety of learning experiences through play as well as the curriculum that supports and nurtures all areas of a child's development from social-emotional and cognitive skills to early literacy and math concepts to an understanding of science.”
What it costs
$3,875 a month for an infant
Higher than 7 of 10 that publish a price.
Higher than 50% of the 36 that publish a price.
Covenant Children's CenterMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
- Application fee
- $200
A day here
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Meals
- Nut-free meals/snacks; no nut products or foods containing nuts served
- Schedule
- Full-time (40+ hours/week) and part-time (30 hours/week)
- Closed
- 8 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break (Wed-Fri), Winter Break (Christmas Eve to New Year's Day), MLK Jr. Observed Birthday, President's Day, Memorial Day, Summer Break (week around 4th of July), Staff In-Service (usually August)
Policies
- Biting
- No-tolerance biting policy for preschool age; first bite gets a warning, repeat biters sent home
Details
- Website
- covenantchildrenscenter.com
- Address
- 670 East Meadow Drive
- License
- 434413042, active
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:
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
What it costs
- Infant, Preschool, Application fee — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Closed — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
- Hours, Calendar — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/Enrollment-Forms.html
Policies
- Biting — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 covenantchildrenscenter.com
- 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.