Palo Alto · Licensed center
Stanford West Children's Center
- Small center, licensed for 24 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since August 2022.
Of the 98 Bay Area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 40% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 20% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Oct 29, 20241 citation
“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)
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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.
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.
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Details
- Address
- 625 Clark Way
- License
- 435700746, 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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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.