Dreamland Infant Care Center
Dreamland Infant Care Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 29 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #22 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 4 Staff files did not include valid Mandated Reporter Training, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 2 infants file did not include completed LIC 9227 form, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Dreamland Infant Care Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Dreamland Infant Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Dreamland Infant Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Dreamland Infant Care Center compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #22 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Dreamland Infant Care Center last inspected?
Apr 29, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Dreamland Infant Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Dreamland Infant Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Dreamland Infant Care Center?
The licensee is Dreamland Infant Care INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Anna Bernshteyn.
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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 197403271 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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