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Licensed daycares in 96101 — Alturas, CA
There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 96101 — 5 licensed centers and 8 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 14 violations across 25 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.56 violations per inspection, which is above the Alturas average of 0.20.
10 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 caregiver-to-child ratio (5). 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 13 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
10 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
2 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
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.
Questions to ask when you tour in 96101
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.
How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
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