Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center
Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Madera, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. 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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101216.4(a)(2) Preschool Program with Toddler Component. (a) Licensees serving preschool-age children may create a special program...(2)The toddler program shall be conducted in areas physically separate from those used by older or younger children... 1 Applicant, Tawney Higgins stated they will submit a wavier request to the Department to allow toddlers to commingle with preschool children the first and last hour of the day. Applicant will review regulations. ... Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPA observed 3 toddlers in the preschool classroom with 3 preschool children. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Applicant stated they will contact the Department if they have any questions or concerns regarding Title 22 Regulations or if they have any changes to report.
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Has Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How much does Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Madera County, which includes Madera, was $1,216 a month for infants (about $1,530 today), $823 a month for preschoolers (about $1,040 today) and $718 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center?
The licensee is Grandma Tawney's Child Care Center, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Tawney Higgins.
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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 203810279 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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