Encompass Head Start
Encompass Head Start was a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Teacher Asssitant Rosa Vega missing her Mandated Reporter Certification.
a child was left alone in the classroom during outdoor play. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety or Personal Rights to children in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Department was notified of Teacher-Director, however qualifications packet was not submitted, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as no documents were submitted to the Department following water lead testing at the facility, 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 444412431 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.