Almost Home
Almost Home is a licensed child care center in Ripon, CA, licensed for up to 95 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 202 centers in San Joaquin County and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Almost Home take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Almost Home had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Almost Home?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Almost Home compare with other daycares in San Joaquin County?
It is tied for #1 of 202 centers in San Joaquin County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Almost Home last inspected?
Nov 13, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Almost Home cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Almost Home for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Joaquin County, which includes Ripon, was $718 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Almost Home?
The licensee is Almost Home, and the administrator listed with the state is Angela Smith.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 393604980 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.