Child care in Aptos
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10 child care providers in Aptos, California.
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. The record lists 28,188 child care providers in California.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
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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What the words on these cards mean7
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Single licensed child care center Baskin Hs/Ehs Aptos, California 95003 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsOct 132026the latest visit on record16children, its licensed capacity TypeSingle Licensed Child Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionOct 13, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Day care center Cabrillo College Children’s Center Aptos, California 95003 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsFeb 42025the latest visit on record24children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionFeb 4, 2025Quality ratingNot published
- Infant center Cabrillo College Childrens/Infant Center Aptos, California 95003 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsApr 102023the latest visit on record20children, its licensed capacity TypeInfant CenterFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionApr 10, 2023Quality ratingNot published
- School age day care center Campus Kids Connection, Valencia Aptos, California 95003 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsJun 282023the latest visit on record250children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool Age Day Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionJun 28, 2023Quality ratingNot published
- Day care center Children’s Enrichment Center Aptos, California 95003 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsOct 122026the latest visit on record120children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionOct 12, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Single licensed child care center Little Learners of Aptos, LLC Aptos, California 95003 1citation in the last three yearsMar 242026the latest visit on record30children, its licensed capacity TypeSingle Licensed Child Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 24, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025.
- Day care center Santa Cruz Montessori School Aptos, California 95003 1citation in the last three yearsOct 182023the latest visit on record112children, its licensed capacity TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 18, 2023Quality ratingNot published
- Single licensed child care center Secret Garden Preschool - Rio Del Mar, the Aptos, California 95003 1citation in the last three yearsJul 142026the latest visit on record36children, its licensed capacity TypeSingle Licensed Child Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJul 14, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026.
- Single licensed child care center Simcha Preschool Aptos, California 95003 2citations in the last three yearsAug 32026the latest visit on record52children, its licensed capacity TypeSingle Licensed Child Care CenterFindings, 3 years2Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 3, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 citations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025.
- Family day care home Warren, Amy Aptos, California 95003 0citations in the last three yearsAug 132025the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 13, 2025Quality ratingNot published 2 visits on record, nothing cited.
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Source:
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers and Family child care homes licensed for more than eight children. Released Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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