Headsup! Child Development Center
Headsup! Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 7). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #53 of 56 centers in Palo Alto and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as children's files did not have a signed LIC 627 Consent for Medical Treatment form. The facility has an in-house form that is similar but does not have the same statement as the LIC 627 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 2 staff members stated an infant was left unattended in the outdoor play area on the morning of 08/22/2024, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Licensee will ensure that all staff are thoroughly trained on record keeping requirements for safe sleep. Licensee will create a written statement with all requirements for documenting 15-minute checks on sleeping infants and a plan for how staff will meet these requirements. During record review, LPA Uribe found that staff have not been meeting the requirement for documenting 15-minute checks on sleeping infants which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care. 8 Licensee will have all staff sign and date this written statement acknowledging their responsibility to maintain compliance with this regulation. Licensee will email a scanned copy of this signed written statement to LPA Uribe at christina.uribe@dss.ca.gov no later than the due date of 09/06/2024.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 1 infant (under 12 months of age) was sleeping with a sleep sack on during nap time. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 0 of the 3 staff members present during today's inspection is a fully qualified infant teacher, thus the facility is out-of-ratio, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observe that facility did not have the 15 minute check log, Director stated that facility visually check the children, but did not know that it needed to be logged on paper.
Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed an infant bouncer and inclined sleeper present in the infant classroom during today's visit. This posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Headsup! Child Development Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Headsup! Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 23, 2024, for care and supervision of infants. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Headsup! Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Headsup! Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Palo Alto?
It is #53 of 56 centers in Palo Alto by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Headsup! Child Development Center last inspected?
Oct 17, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Headsup! Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Headsup! Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Palo Alto, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Headsup! Child Development Center?
The licensee is Early Learning Institute, and the administrator listed with the state is Hazarika, Baishakhi Boi"".
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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 434408916 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.