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Cac - Adam Center

500 W. Windsor St., Santa Maria, CA 93458 · Santa Barbara County
1 substantiated complaintChild care center (preschool)

Cac - Adam Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Maria, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #24 of 26 centers in Santa Maria and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 76%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
#24 of 26 centers in Santa Maria
1Type A citations
2Type B citations
3Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 7 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 21, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 21, 2025 · Inspection · no citationSep 3, 2024 · Inspection · citation foundMay 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationSep 1, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 9, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 21, 2022 · Inspection · no citationJun 2, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct2
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BSep 3, 2024InspectionRecords & paperwork
Personnel records §101217(d)
Based on LPAs observation, interview with Site Supervisor and record review, revealed all three staff files were either incomplete or there was no file available at the time of the inspection, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Sep 10, 2024
Type AJun 2, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(1)
(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation ...withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Site Supervisor will submit a written plan on how they will ensure children's personal rights are not violated and ensure the environment is safe. Submit the written plan to CCL by 6/3/2022. Based on interviews conducted, the center failed to ensure the child's personal rights were not violated. Children constantly aggressively hitting, spitting, and cursing at the children, and the staff. The staff have to run to protect the day-care children and act as a shield, while being hit by the aggressive child. Child #1 has destroyed the playground on 8 two (2) separate occasions throwing toys, books, up rooting plants and attempting to hit day-care children, and staff. Child #2 stands on top of the play structure. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients/children…
Plan of correction due Jun 3, 2022
Type BJun 2, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal Rights
(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be 1 Site Supervisor will submit a written plan on how they will ensure to report all unusual incidents to CCLD within 24 hours of the incident, and submit a written report within 7 days of the incident by 6/10/2022. Martina.Jimenez@dss.ca.gov submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement is not met as evidence by: The facility failed to report the incident(s) of children bullying, hitting and 8 injuries to Community Care Licensing (CCL). This poses a potential health & safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 10, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedSep 1, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jun 9, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJun 2, 2022Complaint investigationreceived May 31, 2022
Substantiated allegations:
Personal Rights - Staff not preventing day-care children from bullying other day-care children
Reporting Requirements - Facility not reporting unusual incidents to CCL
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity24 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceFeb 17, 1994
LicenseeCommunity Action Commission Of Santa Barbara Co.
AdministratorStacey Lara
Phone(805) 925-6667
State facility #426200008

Common questions

Does Cac - Adam Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Cac - Adam Center had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jun 2, 2022, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Cac - Adam Center?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Cac - Adam Center compare with other daycares in Santa Maria?

It is #24 of 26 centers in Santa Maria by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Cac - Adam Center last inspected?

Oct 21, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Cac - Adam Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cac - Adam Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Maria, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Cac - Adam Center?

The licensee is Community Action Commission Of Santa Barbara Co., and the administrator listed with the state is Stacey Lara.

Licensed centers nearby

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 426200008 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.