Encompass Head Start
Encompass Head Start was a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 28 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which the Water Lead Exceedance had a Lead Action Level of more than 5.5 ppb, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
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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 440710482 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.