Hearts Leap North · Kensington

52 Arlington Ave, Kensington, CA 94707 · Contra Costa County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Hearts Leap North is a licensed child care center in Kensington, CA, licensed for up to 94 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2024. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity94 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceAug 13, 2024

LicenseeInternational Child Resource Exchange Institute

AdministratorSara Zech

Phone(510) 665-4200

State facility #073409602

Common questions

Has Hearts Leap North had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Hearts Leap North cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hearts Leap North for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Kensington, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today), $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Hearts Leap North?

The licensee is International Child Resource Exchange Institute, and the administrator listed with the state is Sara Zech.

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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 073409602 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.