Licensed Infant Care in Sherman Oaks, CA

Infant Care in Sherman Oaks

As of August 2026

In Sherman Oaks, the 45 licensed providers split nearly evenly — 23 centers and 22 family child care homes, a 51% to 49% divide. The 45 reporting providers are licensed for 1,712 children combined, averaging 38 per site. Preschool coverage is the strongest age group at 91%, well ahead of infant, toddler, and school-age coverage. Providers are licensed by the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap is where families can browse Sherman Oaks' full, verified list.

What to know about childcare in Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks is one of the more evenly split cities on this list: 23 of its 45 licensed providers are centers and 22 are family child care homes, a near-even 51% to 49% divide. Parents searching here should expect a genuine mix of both settings rather than one dominating the results, giving families a real choice between center-style classrooms and smaller home-based care.

Combined licensed capacity across the 45 reporting providers is 1,712 children, averaging 38 per provider. That middle-range average reflects the balanced mix — enough centers to pull the average up from what a purely home-based city would show, but not so many that it reaches the levels seen in heavily center-dominated cities.

Age-group coverage in Sherman Oaks favors preschool clearly. Of the 45 providers, 23 serve infants and 23 serve toddlers (51% each), 41 serve preschool-age children (91%), and 25 serve school-age children (56%). The gap between preschool coverage and the other three groups is notable — preschool-age children have by far the widest range of options, while infant and toddler coverage sit closer to half of all providers.

Licensing for every Sherman Oaks provider, center or home, runs through the same authority. The California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) licenses both settings and holds each to the same baseline health, safety, and staffing standards. A CCLD license is the marker of a provider that's on record and legally operating.

For a Sherman Oaks family, the balanced center-to-home split means the choice of setting is genuinely open, though the age-group data suggests preschool-age children will have the easiest search. Parents seeking infant or toddler care should expect a somewhat narrower field. CHILDREN'S COURTYARD, THE is among the providers licensed in Sherman Oaks. CloverMap lets parents browse the complete roster and filter by setting and age group.

The near-even split between centers and homes in Sherman Oaks is one of the more balanced examples on this list, and it gives families genuine flexibility to prioritize other factors — like which specific age group a provider serves — over defaulting to whichever setting type happens to dominate. The gap between preschool coverage and the other three age bands is still worth planning around, since a family searching for infant or toddler care will be working with roughly half the pool available to a family searching for preschool-age care. Families who prioritize setting type over age-group coverage will find Sherman Oaks especially workable, since the near-even center-to-home split means neither setting requires searching through a dramatically smaller pool than the other.