Palo Alto · Licensed center

Covenant Children's Center

Small play-based center, licensed for 19 children.

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

Apr 4, 2025No rules cited

Jan 23, 2024No rules cited

Mar 16, 2023No rules cited

Mar 22, 2022No rules cited

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.

Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited

Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited

Mar 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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

Infant$3,875

median $3,360

Higher than 7 of 10 that publish a price.

Preschool$2,675

median $2,635

Higher than 50% of the 36 that publish a price.

Covenant Children's CenterMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)

Application fee: $250

A day here

Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 5 days a week
Meals: Nut-free center; no nut products or foods containing nuts served
Schedule: full-time, part-time
Closed: Labor Day; Thanksgiving Break (Wed-Fri); Winter Break (Christmas Eve week to New Year's Day); MLK Day; Presidents' Day; Memorial Day; Summer Break (week around July 4th); Staff In-Service (usually August)

Policies

Biting: Preschool program (~2y9m+) has zero-tolerance biting policy; first bite gets a warning, repeat biters sent home

Details

(650) 493-9505

Website: covenantchildrenscenter.com
Address: 670 East Meadow Drive
License: 434413075, active

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:

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

How they teach

Approach covenantchildrenscenter.com/About-Us.html

What it costs

Infant, Preschool, Application fee covenantchildrenscenter.com/Tuition-Rates.html

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

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.