Licensed Before & After School in Tarzana, CA

Before & After School in Tarzana

As of August 2026

32 licensed child care providers serve Tarzana families, nearly evenly split between 17 family child care homes and 15 centers. Combined licensed capacity across the roster reaches 1,743 slots, an average of 54 per provider, a relatively high figure for this data set. Every provider is licensed through the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD). CloverMap lets Tarzana parents browse this full, verified roster of listings to compare their options.

What to know about childcare in Tarzana

Tarzana's 32 licensed providers are almost evenly split between provider types, with 17 family child care homes, 53 percent of the roster, against 15 centers at 47 percent. That near-even balance means Tarzana families aren't strongly steered toward one model of care over the other, and can weigh centers and homes on their individual merits rather than working around a lopsided roster.

Despite the near-even split between centers and homes, Tarzana's combined licensed capacity of 1,743 across 32 providers works out to a relatively high average of 54 children per site, one of the larger averages in this batch of cities. That suggests a number of Tarzana's providers, likely concentrated among its centers, are licensed for sizable groups even while smaller home-based options remain available.

Preschool-age coverage leads Tarzana's age bands at 88 percent of providers, while infants, toddlers, and school-age children are each served by 56 percent of the roster. Families with children outside the preschool years will be searching a smaller subset of Tarzana's 32 providers, so confirming current age-band availability directly with a provider is a useful step before scheduling a tour.

Every Tarzana provider holds a license from the California Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division, which licenses child care centers and family child care homes as separate categories under California law. Centers must meet facility- and staffing-based standards appropriate to serving larger groups, while family child care homes are licensed under standards suited to smaller, residence-based care, though both are held to the state's health and safety requirements.

Given Tarzana's near-even mix and above-average licensed capacity, families here have room to prioritize scale alongside setting type: centers such as Gan Israel Preschool represent the higher end of what's typically available in a center-based program, while the city's 17 family child care homes offer a smaller-group alternative. CloverMap's Tarzana listings let parents compare capacity, provider type, and age coverage side by side.

Given that Tarzana's roster carries one of the higher average licensed capacities in this data set, families weighing a larger center against a smaller family child care home may want to ask directly about staff-to-child ratios and daily group structure, since a higher licensed capacity does not by itself describe how children are grouped day to day. Touring more than one provider before deciding remains a practical way to compare the center and home experience side by side.