Encompass Head Start
Encompass Head Start was a licensed child care center in Aptos, CA, licensed for up to 28 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
On 03/01/23, a child (C-1) was left unattended outside Baskin 2 Room. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. Since this is a zero tolerance violation, an immediate civil penalty of $500 was assessed.
A staff member (S-1) pulled child's (C-2's) hair. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. Upon receipt, licensee shall post and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months.
A staff member (S-1) pinched Child #1's arm. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. Upon receipt, licensee shall post and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months.
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Lack of supervision
Staff pulled hair and scratched children
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 444411594 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.