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Licensed daycares in 93901Salinas, CA

There are 25 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 93901 — 11 licensed centers and 14 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 12 violations across 62 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.19 violations per inspection, which is below the Salinas average of 0.28.

19 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 (7 citations), followed by supervision (4). 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 25 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

19 providers.

Barrientos, Cecilia

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

0 violationsActive
Colucci, Brittany

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Nov 15, 2024

0 violationsActive
Crescita Early Education Center

Center · Capacity 12 · 1494 SCHILLING PLACE · Last inspected Mar 4, 2026

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.

Hartnell College Child Development Center

Center · Capacity 60 · 156 HOMESTEAD AVENUE · Last inspected Apr 22, 2026

1 violationActive
Laura's Barn Preschool And Childcare Center

Center · Capacity 60 · 893 BLANCO CIRCLE · Last inspected Nov 13, 2025

1 violationActive
Allen, Kathy

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Mar 16, 2026

2 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Alvarez Castillo, Lorena

Family day home · Capacity 14 · Last inspected Oct 2, 2025

4 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 93901

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