Options Surround Care-mulberry
Options Surround Care-mulberry is a licensed child care center in East Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 2374 centers in Los Angeles County and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Options Surround Care-mulberry take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Options Surround Care-mulberry had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Options Surround Care-mulberry compare with other daycares in Los Angeles County?
It is tied for #1 of 2374 centers in Los Angeles County by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Options Surround Care-mulberry last inspected?
Sep 8, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Options Surround Care-mulberry cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Options Surround Care-mulberry for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes East 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-mulberry?
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 198006222 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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