Hearts Leap Beginnings
Hearts Leap Beginnings is a licensed child care center in Berkeley, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 58 centers in Berkeley and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Hearts Leap Beginnings take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Hearts Leap Beginnings had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Hearts Leap Beginnings compare with other daycares in Berkeley?
It is tied for #1 of 58 centers in Berkeley by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Hearts Leap Beginnings last inspected?
Mar 27, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hearts Leap Beginnings cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hearts Leap Beginnings for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Berkeley, was $1,874 a month for infants (about $2,360 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hearts Leap Beginnings?
The licensee is International Child Resource Institute, and the administrator listed with the state is Gretchen Stizel.
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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 013422490 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.