Encompass Head Start
Encompass Head Start was a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 50 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as the Department was not notified when Teacher-Director was relocated to this facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in as both rooms in the facility were 61 degrees with children present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 440710080 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.