Child care in California

Every one on the record by city and county: open a place for its list, which you can filter by what each record says.

28,204 child care providers in 967 cities and towns and 59 counties. From the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division: Child care centers, Family child care homes licensed for more than eight children and Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports.

What California’s list covers

Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.

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California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.

California Department of Social Services, Family child care homes licensed for more than eight children. Released Oct 11, 2026. Updated weekly.

California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

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