Home California Downey ZIP 90240

Licensed daycares in 90240Downey, CA

There are 14 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 90240 — 3 licensed centers and 11 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 27 violations across 39 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.69 violations per inspection, which is above the Downey average of 0.29.

6 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 (13 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (8). 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 14 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

6 providers.

Alkhateeb Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 20, 2025

0 violationsActive
Arceo Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Aug 29, 2024

0 violationsActive
Lopez Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 10, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Castro Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 10, 2025

1 violationActive
Aponte Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Aug 6, 2025

2 violationsActive
Maof Child Care Center - Downey

Center · Capacity 80 · 8100 TELEGRAPH ROAD · Last inspected Apr 22, 2026

2 violationsActive

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.

Cesareo Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Last inspected Jun 20, 2025

7 violationsActive
Caceres Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Jun 19, 2025

5 violationsActive
Alvarez Leiva Family Child Care

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Dec 10, 2025

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 90240

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

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