Casa Dei Bambini Infant and Toddler

624 East Camino Colegio, Santa Maria, CA 93454 · Santa Barbara County

Closed Infant center

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 27, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Casa Dei Bambini Infant and Toddler was a licensed child care center in Santa Maria, CA, licensed for up to 28 children. Its license closed around September 2023. Since February 2021, the state visited it 6 times, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

0 Inspections

1 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 1

Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Aug 16, 2022 Complaint investigation Building & playground safety

Outdoor activity space §101238.2(d)(1)(2)

Based on LPAs observation and staff interviews it was determined that the facility has an infestation with golphers. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.

Plan of correction due Aug 30, 2022

Type B Aug 16, 2022 Case management visit (deficiencies) Records & paperwork

Reporting requirements §101212(d)(B)

Based on LPAs observation and interviews with staff it was determined that in March 2022 C1 was bite by a gopher. This incident was not reported to CCL. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.

Plan of correction due Aug 23, 2022

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Aug 16, 2022 Complaint investigation received Aug 16, 2022

Substantiated allegation:

Facility premises has gopher problem which present a safety hazard to children in care.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 28 children

License type Infant center

License status Closed

Licensed since Nov 20, 2020

Closed Sep 27, 2023

Licensee Casa Dei Bambini, LLC

Last administrator Elizabeth Dawson

State facility # 426216005

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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 426216005 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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