Happy Days Children's Learning Center · 191b Harvey West Blvd, Infant Center, Santa Cruz
Happy Days Children's Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 16 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2005. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #15 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Happy Days Children's Learning Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Happy Days Children's Learning Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Happy Days Children's Learning Center compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?
It is tied for #15 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Happy Days Children's Learning Center last inspected?
Nov 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Happy Days Children's Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Happy Days Children's Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Santa Cruz, was $1,678 a month for infants (about $2,120 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Happy Days Children's Learning Center?
The licensee is Happy Days Children's Learning Center, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Andrea Marc.
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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 444408745 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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