Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center
Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center is a licensed child care center in Carpinteria, CA, licensed for up to 12 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Based on interview and record review, facility did not comply with the deficiency cited above which poses an a potential risk to the health, safety and or personal rights of children in care.
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Common questions
Does Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center last inspected?
Nov 18, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Carpinteria, was $1,593 a month for infants (about $2,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cac - Carpinteria Infant & Toddler Center?
The licensee is Community Action Commission Of Santa Barbara Co., and the administrator listed with the state is Lucia Torres.
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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 426216335 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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