Licensed Before & After School in Monterey Park, CA

Before & After School in Monterey Park

As of August 2026

Monterey Park's child care roster includes 28 licensed providers, with centers ahead of homes, 19 to 9. Combined licensed capacity across the roster is 1,150 slots, an average of 41 per provider. Every provider is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap lets Monterey Park families browse and compare this full, verified roster of listings. Families here have a solid set of classroom-style and home-based options to compare directly.

What to know about childcare in Monterey Park

Monterey Park's 28 licensed providers lean toward centers, which make up 68 percent of the roster at 19 providers, against 9 family child care homes at 32 percent. That mix means families in this San Gabriel Valley city are more likely to encounter a classroom-style center than a home-based setting when searching the roster, though home-based options remain a meaningful minority.

Combined licensed capacity across Monterey Park's 28 providers reaches 1,150, an average of 41 children per site, a moderate-to-high figure consistent with the city's center lean. Centers typically carry larger licensed capacities than family child care homes, which helps push the citywide average to 41 here.

Preschool coverage leads at 82 percent of providers, while school-age coverage sits at 46 percent and infant and toddler coverage each sit at 36 percent. Families with an infant or toddler will be searching a meaningfully smaller subset of Monterey Park's 28 providers than families with a preschool-age child.

Every Monterey Park provider is licensed by the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division, which regulates centers and family child care homes as separate categories under California law. Centers meet facility- and staffing-based standards suited to larger groups, while family child care homes meet standards scaled to smaller, residence-based care.

Given Monterey Park's center-leaning roster, families here will often be comparing programs like Alpha-Shen Preschool against one another, while the city's 9 family child care homes offer a smaller-group alternative worth touring, particularly for families with an infant or toddler given that age band's tighter coverage. CloverMap's Monterey Park listings let parents compare the full roster by type and age coverage. Monterey Park's center-leaning roster gives families a solid set of classroom-style programs to compare, while the city's family child care homes remain a meaningful minority worth touring for families who prefer a smaller group, particularly for an infant or toddler given the tighter coverage in those age bands. Confirming current availability directly with a shortlisted provider is a useful next step, since roster data reflects licensing records rather than live openings. Monterey Park families can use the roster as a starting point for a shortlist, then follow up directly with each provider to confirm current age-group availability, since licensing records don't capture day-to-day openings. Touring both a center and a family child care home before deciding can help identify which setting best matches a child's temperament and a family's schedule.