Licensed Toddler Care in Corte Madera, CA

Toddler Care in Corte Madera

As of August 2026

California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD)'s roster for Corte Madera lists 28 child care providers, 12 centers and 16 family child care homes. Family child care homes lead the mix at 57%, giving Corte Madera a smaller-group, home-based character alongside roughly 945 licensed slots citywide and an average of about 34 slots per provider. Preschool coverage is the widest age band on the roster, at 93% of providers. CloverMap lets parents browse the full, verified list of Corte Madera providers directly.

What to know about childcare in Corte Madera

Of the 28 providers on Corte Madera's roster, 12 are centers and 16 are family child care homes, a 43%/57% split. A center generally has multiple staff, dedicated classroom space, and set hours across the week, while a family child care home operates inside a caregiver's house with a smaller group and often more flexible scheduling. Both formats appear in Corte Madera in meaningful numbers, so the choice tends to come down to group size and setting rather than availability alone — a family that prefers a home-like environment has real options here, and so does a family that wants a larger, more structured program.

Total reported capacity for Corte Madera's roster comes to 945 children, averaging 34 per provider across the 28 listed. That average blends center-scale and home-scale operations, so the actual capacity at any single Corte Madera provider can differ substantially from the citywide figure. Families comparing a short list of providers will generally get a more accurate read by asking each one directly about current openings than by extrapolating from the citywide 34-slot average alone.

Age-group coverage varies across the roster: 17 providers (61%) serve infants, 17 (61%) serve toddlers, 26 (93%) serve preschool-age children, and 17 (61%) serve school-age children. Preschool coverage is the widest of the four in Corte Madera, which matters for families timing their search around a specific age — a family looking for infant care will be working with a shorter list than one looking for a preschool spot, simply because fewer providers report serving that youngest age group.

Licensing in California runs through California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), which oversees both child care centers and family child care homes statewide. A CCLD license reflects that a provider has satisfied the state's operating requirements around staffing and group structure. In Corte Madera, that licensing category is what distinguishes a center-based program from a family child care home on the roster — the two are licensed and tracked separately by the state, with distinct requirements for each category rather than one blanket standard applied evenly across every type of provider.

Family child care homes make up 57% of Corte Madera's roster, more than the 12 centers on file, so a home-based search here has more options to work through than a center-based one. Parents specifically wanting a center-based program should expect a shorter list to compare, 12 providers in total, and may want to reach out earlier given the smaller pool. One provider on Corte Madera's roster, "CORTE MADERA MONTESSORI", illustrates the kind of listing CloverMap surfaces alongside licensing category, reported capacity, and age-group coverage for the rest of the city's providers.

For a family narrowing a list of Corte Madera providers, the most useful filters tend to be format (center versus family child care home), age group served, and reported capacity — all of which are available on the roster itself before a single phone call is made. Out of 28 total providers, cross-referencing those three data points typically narrows a citywide list down to a short set worth contacting directly, which is a more efficient starting point than reaching out to every listed provider in Corte Madera one by one.