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Encompass Head Start

6500 Soquel Drive, Bldg. 1700, Aptos, CA 95003 · Santa Cruz County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 22, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

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

3Type A citations
1Type B citations
1Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 11, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundJun 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 11, 2023 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct2
Supervision1
Background checks1

Citations, newest first

Type AJun 15, 2023Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
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.
Plan of correction due Jun 16, 2023
Type AJun 15, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
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.
Plan of correction due Jun 16, 2023
Type AJun 15, 2023Case management visit (other)Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
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.
Plan of correction due Jun 16, 2023
Type BApr 11, 2023InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)
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

SubstantiatedJun 15, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Mar 8, 2023
Substantiated allegations:
Lack of supervision
Staff pulled hair and scratched children
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity28 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMar 3, 2010
ClosedDec 22, 2025
LicenseeEncompass Community Services
Last administratorSuzanna Lopez
State facility #444411594

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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.