Licensed Before & After School in Lompoc, CA

Before & After School in Lompoc

As of August 2026

Lompoc is home to 64 licensed child care providers, and the roster leans toward home-based care: 43 family child care homes compared with 21 centers, a 67 percent home share. That gives Lompoc families a strong set of smaller, residence-based options. All 64 providers are licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap brings Lompoc's full roster of verified providers together in one searchable place.

What to know about childcare in Lompoc

Lompoc's 64 licensed providers lean toward home-based care, with 43 family child care homes against 21 centers — a 67 percent home share. Homes in Lompoc typically care for a smaller group of children within a provider's residence, while the city's 21 centers operate as larger, multi-classroom facilities. Parents choosing between the two formats weigh real trade-offs: centers generally provide more staff and separate age groupings, while homes offer a smaller, more consistent group and a caregiver who stays the same day to day.

Combined licensed capacity across Lompoc's 64 providers is 1,312 children, averaging about 21 children per site — one of the more modest per-provider averages in this batch, in line with a roster weighted toward home-based care. Licensed capacity sets the upper bound on enrollment at each site, which is useful for gauging overall scale in a city but doesn't indicate which providers currently have room — that still requires reaching out directly to ask.

Age coverage in Lompoc includes 46 providers serving infants, 46 serving toddlers, 59 serving preschool-age children, and 43 serving school-age children. That's roughly 72 percent of the roster covering infants and toddlers, 92 percent covering preschoolers, and 67 percent offering school-age programming. Preschool-age coverage is the strongest of the four age bands in Lompoc, while infant and toddler coverage — though present — is comparatively narrower, a pattern common across this roster.

Every Lompoc provider is licensed by the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), which sets and monitors licensing standards statewide for both centers and family child care homes. A license means a provider has met the state's baseline operating requirements, not a guarantee of any specific program approach. Under CCLD's framework, licensed providers must meet requirements covering staffing levels, group sizes, staff training, and the physical facility itself, and must keep that license current to keep operating. A license does not rank one provider above another — it simply confirms a baseline has been met.

With homes making up about two-thirds of the roster, Lompoc parents should expect most results to be smaller, residence-based providers, with the 21 licensed centers offering a larger-scale alternative. CAC - Fillmore Center is one of the centers on the roster. CloverMap organizes Lompoc's full set of 64 licensed providers for easy comparison. Comparing providers side by side on CloverMap, alongside each one's reported capacity and age-group coverage, gives Lompoc parents a faster way to narrow down a shortlist before reaching out directly.