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Licensed daycares in 95060Santa Cruz, CA

There are 33 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 95060 — 24 licensed centers and 9 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 40 violations across 79 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.51 violations per inspection.

18 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (16 citations), followed by supervision (12). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 33 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

18 providers.

Acr Academy

Center · Capacity 52 · 327 CHURCH STREET · Last inspected Dec 1, 2025

0 violationsActive
Allen, Jaime

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Apr 13, 2026

0 violationsActive
Balla, Gustavo And Sara

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Apr 21, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

12 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Acr Academy

Center · Capacity 22 · 327 CHURCH STREET · Last inspected Dec 1, 2025

1 violationActive
Downtown Children's Center

Center · Capacity 30 · 120 WEEKS STREET · Last inspected Jun 15, 2026

1 violationActive
Encompass Head Start

Center · Capacity 28 · 255 SWIFT STREET · Last inspected Dec 18, 2024

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

3 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Kce Champions Llc @ Brook Knoll Elementary

Center · Capacity 121 · 151 BROOK KNOLL DRIVE · Last inspected Feb 18, 2026

11 violationsActive
Guzman, Mizaida

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 26, 2024

7 violationsActive
Pineda, Griselda

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected May 23, 2025

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 95060

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.

3

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026. Source records · Report an error