Hands On Learning Center
Hands On Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Milpitas, CA, licensed for up to 100 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2009. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (2 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #24 of 25 centers in Milpitas and has more citations per inspection than 69% of California licensed centers.
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, that on 6/7/2024, S1 received a lifetime exclusion order, and S1 should not be in any licensed facilities. On LPA’s visit on 5/1/2026, S1 was present providing care and supervision to children in care. On today’s date, the Director stated that S1 is currently employed but on medical leave as of today. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. 8 LPA discussed to the Director of the department’s Technical Support Program (TSP). TSP is FREE, voluntary, and a non-enforcement service of Community Care Licensing to assist childcare providers experiencing compliance challenges.
Staff Records - Type B: 1596.8662(b)(1) - Staff Mistry, Bindu, Jessica and Sapna - missing in their file the mandatedreporterca.com Child Care Providers training and General training which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
1596.7995 Employees or volunteers at day care center; immunization requirements; records; exemptions (a) (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. Staff Sara, Martha, Jessica and Sapna - immunization records in the file are missing which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Hands On Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Hands On Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jun 9, 2026, for health and safety code section 1596. 8897(a)(2). Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Hands On Learning Center compare with other daycares in Milpitas?
It is #24 of 25 centers in Milpitas by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 69% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Hands On Learning Center last inspected?
May 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hands On Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hands On Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Milpitas, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hands On Learning Center?
The licensee is Hands On Learning Center INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Elizangela Silva Lira.
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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 434410616 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.