Options Surround Care-la Colima
Options Surround Care-la Colima is a licensed child care center in Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 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 #13 of 49 centers in Whittier and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1out of 1 facilites without being tested for lead which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Options Surround Care-la Colima take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Options Surround Care-la Colima had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Options Surround Care-la Colima compare with other daycares in Whittier?
It is tied for #13 of 49 centers in Whittier by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Options Surround Care-la Colima last inspected?
Oct 20, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Options Surround Care-la Colima cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Options Surround Care-la Colima for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Whittier, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Options Surround Care-la Colima?
The licensee is Options For Learning, and the administrator listed with the state is Mildred Balderrama.
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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 198005514 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.