Hope Childcare Center & Preschool · Infant Center, El Sobrante
Hope Childcare Center & Preschool is a licensed child care center in El Sobrante, CA, licensed for up to 29 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came more than 12 months ago. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #3 of 7 centers in El Sobrante and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
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Licensee shall maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level of 5 ppb in all outlets subject to the testing requirements of these Written Directives, for the health and safety of children in care. 1 The facility will permanently cease faucets or remediate by replacing the outlet and retest to by POC date of June 18, 2023. Based on record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there was faucets in preschool romm & kitchen that had a lead exceedance, which poses a potential Health and Safety risk to persons in care. 8
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Does Hope Childcare Center & Preschool take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Hope Childcare Center & Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Hope Childcare Center & Preschool compare with other daycares in El Sobrante?
It is #3 of 7 centers in El Sobrante by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Hope Childcare Center & Preschool last inspected?
Sep 16, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Hope Childcare Center & Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Hope Childcare Center & Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes El Sobrante, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Hope Childcare Center & Preschool?
The licensee is Hope Childcare Center & Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Analyn Patten.
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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 073408873 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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