Licensed Infant Care in Santa Clarita, CA

Infant Care in Santa Clarita

As of August 2026

In Santa Clarita, licensing data from California's Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) counts 38 child care providers, split between 25 centers and 13 family child care homes. Combined licensed capacity across the roster reaches 1,781 spots, averaging about 47 per provider. Age-group coverage is strongest for infants and toddlers among the four categories tracked. CloverMap carries the full, verified list of Santa Clarita providers for parents to review and compare.

What to know about childcare in Santa Clarita

Santa Clarita's 38 licensed child care providers lean toward centers, with 25 centers compared with 13 family child care homes, or about 66 percent centers to 34 percent homes. That mix means centers make up close to two-thirds of the local roster, while family child care homes still represent a meaningful third of all providers for parents who prefer that setting.

Reported licensed capacity across Santa Clarita's 38 providers totals 1,781 children, an average of about 47 spots per provider, a middle-range figure consistent with a roster that includes both larger center programs, such as those affiliated with local congregations and Montessori schools, and smaller family child care homes distributed across the city.

Age-group coverage in Santa Clarita is fairly balanced, with infant and toddler care each reported by 20 providers, about 53 percent of the total, ahead of preschool at 24 providers, or 63 percent, in raw count but closer as a share. School-age care is reported by 18 providers, about 47 percent. All four age groups are covered by close to half or more of the roster.

Every provider in Santa Clarita, including centers like GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI AT COPPER HILL, is licensed by CCLD, the division of the California Department of Social Services that regulates child care across the state. A CCLD license reflects that a provider has met the state's requirements for staffing, group sizes, and program operations, whether it operates as a center or a family child care home.

With age-group coverage running fairly evenly across infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children, Santa Clarita parents are less likely to encounter a sharply narrower field for any one age group compared with cities where certain categories are covered by only a third of providers.

Parents weighing Santa Clarita's 25 centers against its 13 family child care homes should still expect real differences in daily structure and group size between the two settings, even though both are licensed under the same state framework and serve broadly similar age ranges across the city.

Families relocating to Santa Clarita or planning for more than one child across different age ranges may find the relatively even age-group coverage here useful, since a provider serving an infant is fairly likely to also serve that child through the toddler and preschool years without a change in program. That kind of continuity can simplify both the search process and a child's transition between developmental stages within a single, familiar setting rather than switching providers as a child grows older.