See the Glossary link at the top.
Please visit the Community Care Licensing website.
To file a complaint against a facility licensed by the California Department of Social Services, you can contact our Centralized Complaint and Information Bureau at 1-844-538-8766, or by email at letusno@dss.ca.gov. You can remain anonymous if you wish. For additional information regarding filing a complaint, please visit the following webpage: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/CCLD-Complaint-Hotline/.
Select just one or a few of the available search terms. You will be able to filter your search on the Results screen.
The definitions for the facility types can be found on the Glossary page.
The publication of names and addresses of Foster Family Homes is restricted by law and considered confidential.
Because these are Child Care providers' homes, the publication of addresses is restricted. To find Small Family Child Care home providers in your area, contact the Resource and Referral Network or call 1-800-KIDS-793. The Network can also assist you in searching for the right child care for your child and can provide you with addresses of facilities in your area.
For Large Family Child Care Homes, you can still search using the City, Zip and County options. To obtain the address of a Large Family Child Care Home, please contact either the State Licensing Office, the Resource and Referral Network or call 1-800-KIDS-793.
Information related to Small Family Child Care homes is restricted by law. Small Family Child Care home information is available to provide consumer information to parents with children in care and to parents seeking child care from a local child care home.
This is because of the new single license format implemented on January 2, 2024. It does not reflect a difference in how children are cared for at the facility as regulations for different age groups remain in effect. In the future, all facilities will have this single license format.
The groups may include infant, toddler, preschool age, school-age, and mildly ill, and they can be viewed by looking in the notes section on the facility license.
Select "view" to see additional information about the facility.
We may have no facilities in the search criteria you selected. We recommend you add fewer search variables or even select just the facility type and then filter your search on this page using the filter function on top.
First, make sure the name of the facility is correct and then try searching on a term other than county. A small subset of facilities may be listed in our system under a different county, so try searching on the city or street instead.
For Small Family Child Care Homes, the search requires an exact name match. The format for this search is last name, first name and may (or may not) include the term: Family Child Care Home. If you are not sure of the exact name, you can contact the facility directly, the Resource and Referral Network , or by phone: 1-800-KIDS-793, or you may call a State Licensing Office listed in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
The County licensed all Family Child Care Homes until October 2013, when licensing was transferred to the State. If you would like information for a licensed facility prior to October 2013, please call the State Licensing Office and they can provide earlier information.
Some facilities may care for different types of people, or have more than one license. If you have additional questions regarding the people served and the services provided, contact the facility directly or call the State Licensing Office listed under the facility.
Facility names may appear as abbreviated due to the limited number of characters allowed in the system for this information.
Please call us. The State Licensing Regional Office listed below the facility address has more information including details of violations and when they occurred.
The department will be adding additional information in future weeks. In some circumstances, the exact first license date may not be available. Please call the State Licensing Office for more information.
The State is processing an application for licensure, but the facility is not yet licensed.
The State has filed a legal action to revoke the facility's license. This action may be appealed and may result in a revocation, probation, or it may be dismissed by a judge. The facility may remain open during this process.
The State has closed the facility due to an imminent risk of harm. This action may be appealed, but the facility will remain closed until a judge makes a final decision.
Probation is the period of time that a facility is required to comply with specific terms and conditions in order to prevent the revocation of the facility's license. If all the terms and conditions are met, the probation is lifted after the specified date.
Probation is the period of time that a facility is required to comply with specific terms and conditions in order to prevent the revocation of the facility's license. If the licensee complies with the terms and conditions during this period, the probation is lifted. To understand the reasons for probation and the terms and conditions applicable to the facility, we suggest you communicate with the licensee and/or your local Child Care Licensing Regional Office.
This may be a data error or the citation may have been successfully appealed. Please call the State Licensing Office. They can provide you with the specific information about this complaint.
It is for the most serious type of violations in which there is an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care. Examples may include lack of care or supervision, access to open bodies of water, lack of a fire clearance for the building and access to dangerous chemicals. Citations for these violations will always be issued even if the violation is corrected on the spot.
A Type B citation is for a violation that, if not corrected, may become an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients. Examples include faulty medical record keeping and lack of adequate staff training.
The Facility Evaluation Report is an inspection report completed by the Licensing Program Analyst (LPA). Information included on the form includes, but is not limited to : the type of visit, whether the visit is announced or unannounced, who the LPA met with, date and time of the visit and a narrative.
The Complaint Investigation Report is an official report completed by a Licensing Program Analyst to document allegation(s) received, and includes the date the complaint was received, the investigation findings, and outcome.
There is no difference between an inconclusive and an unsubstantiated complaint allegation. Both terms mean that there was no preponderance of evidence to prove that an alleged violation occurred.
Completed reports will be uploaded every week (Sunday).
Yes, you can email this data to yourself or another person by using the email link at the bottom of the facility table.
Yes, you can sign up by selecting the Stay Updated button on the Facility Detail page you are viewing and entering your email address in the space provided. You will receive an email notification every time a change in the facility profile has occurred.
This site contains reports for the most recent 60 months. All reports beyond 60 months are maintained at the facility and the local state licensing Regional Office.
There is no limit to the number of subscriptions one may belong to.
Subscribers will receive an email confirmation for each facility they signed up for containing an unsubscribe link. Furthermore, each email update will have an option to "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email sent by CDSS.
The data is updated weekly.
To download the data follow these steps:
Most small mobile devices restrict the download of these files. This will vary from device to device. For best results, it is recommended that you download this data to a desktop and transfer the file to the mobile device.
It is important to remember that the files that can be downloaded from the Transparency Website are Comma Separated Values (CSV) data files and NOT Excel files. In a CSV file, the first record represents the headings of the columns in the remaining data records. The columns are text data between double quotes (" ") and separated by commas.
The columns following column "AE" provide information about the complaints for the facility in each row below the headings. Starting at column "AF" there is a variable set of six columns that provide information on those complaints. Each set of columns have columns that would be labeled as:
The columns following column "AL" provide information about the complaints for the facility in each row below the headings. Starting at column "AM" there is a variable set of seven columns that provide information on those complaints. Each set of columns have columns that would be labeled as: