Cottage Health System's Child Care Center · Infant Center, Santa Barbara
Cottage Health System's Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. 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 48 centers in Santa Barbara and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Cottage Health System's Child Care Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Cottage Health System's Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Cottage Health System's Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara?
It is tied for #1 of 48 centers in Santa Barbara by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Cottage Health System's Child Care Center last inspected?
Dec 4, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Cottage Health System's Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cottage Health System's Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,593 a month for infants (about $2,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cottage Health System's Child Care Center?
The licensee is Cottage Health System, and the administrator listed with the state is Yukiko Irie.
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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 426212012 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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