Child care in Santa Ana
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150 child care providers in Santa Ana, 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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- 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
- School age day care center Tutor Time Child Care/Learning Center Santa Ana, California 92706 1citation in the last three yearsApr 22026the latest visit on record45children, its licensed capacity TypeSchool Age Day Care CenterFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 2, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025.
- Family day care home Vanegas, Kenia Santa Ana, California 92704 1citation in the last three yearsAug 132026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 13, 2026Quality ratingNot published 1 citation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026.
- Family day care home Vilela, Marisol Santa Ana, California 92706 Noinspections on record in the last three yearsMay 202026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNo inspection in 3 yearsMost seriousNo inspection in 3 yearsLast inspectionMay 20, 2026Quality ratingNot published
- Family day care home Villa, Teresa & Barragan, Patricia Santa Ana, California 92705 0citations in the last three yearsJun 112026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 11, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zepeda, Gladys Santa Ana, California 92707 0citations in the last three yearsMar 232026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 23, 2026Quality ratingNot published 6 visits on record, nothing cited.
- Family day care home Zepeda, Yessyca Santa Ana, California 92704 0citations in the last three yearsOct 272026the latest visit on record14children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Day Care HomeFindings, 3 years0Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 27, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 visits on record, nothing cited.
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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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