La Casita Early Head Start · Watsonville
La Casita Early Head Start is a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 8 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.
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Common questions
Has La Casita Early Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How much does La Casita Early Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask La Casita Early Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Watsonville, was $1,678 a month for infants (about $2,120 today), $1,183 a month for preschoolers (about $1,490 today) and $725 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs La Casita Early Head Start?
The licensee is Community Development Institute Head Start, and the administrator listed with the state is Sandra Nambo.
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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 444418520 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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