The Gift of Kids · Infant Center, El Dorado Hills
The Gift of Kids is a licensed child care center in El Dorado Hills, CA, licensed for up to 28 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2010. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #12 of 17 centers in El Dorado Hills and has more citations per inspection than 78% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews, a child wandered out of the play yard unsupervised. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 LPA S. Vang have received documentations proving trianing has been conducted.
black mesh present in the infant play yard that is bunched in several areas. Licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed 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 evidenced by Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) observing three infant children in care sleeping on cots in the ones classroom. All three infants were under 12 months of age. LPAs intereviewd staff members and Licensee to confirm the children's inability to climb out of a crib. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Does The Gift of Kids take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has The Gift of Kids had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 25, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about The Gift of Kids?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Gift of Kids compare with other daycares in El Dorado Hills?
It is #12 of 17 centers in El Dorado Hills by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 78% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Gift of Kids last inspected?
May 23, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Gift of Kids cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Gift of Kids for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in El Dorado County, which includes El Dorado Hills, was $1,400 a month for infants (about $1,770 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Gift of Kids?
The licensee is Gift Of Kids INC. The, and the administrator listed with the state is Brittany Kelly.
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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 093616199 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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