Children's Resource & Referral

2861 Airpark Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455 · Santa Barbara County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Children's Resource & Referral is a licensed child care center in Santa Maria, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceJan 30, 2026

LicenseeChildren's Resource & Referral

AdministratorSchuyler Mejia-payne

Phone(805) 925-7071

State facility #426217608

Common questions

Has Children's Resource & Referral had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Children's Resource & Referral cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Children's Resource & Referral for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Maria, was $1,593 a month for infants (about $2,010 today), $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) and $861 a month for school-age children (about $1,090 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Children's Resource & Referral?

The licensee is Children's Resource & Referral, and the administrator listed with the state is Schuyler Mejia-payne.

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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 426217608 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.