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Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center

3239 Conch Way, Oceanside, CA 92058 · San Diego County
1 substantiated complaint Child care center (preschool)

Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Oceanside, CA, licensed for up to 52 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #21 of 62 centers in Oceanside and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 54% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. About typical
Tied for #21 of 62 centers in Oceanside
0 Type A citations
2 Type B citations
3 Inspections
1 of 1 Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 6 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Apr 25, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Apr 25, 2025 · Inspection · citation found May 30, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Nov 30, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Aug 17, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 3, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation May 4, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 1
Staff ratios 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Apr 25, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1/6 staff files reviewed did not contain a health screening, including a TB test (S2)., which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 26, 2025
Type B Aug 17, 2023 Complaint investigation Staff ratios
Preschool program with toddler component §101216.4(a)(2)
Based on interviews and records, the facility did not ensure children in the preschool and toddler classroom programs were conducted seperately, due to on several occasions the children commingled in one classroom.
Plan of correction due Aug 25, 2023

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Aug 17, 2023 Complaint investigation received Jun 28, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Staff are commingling day care children.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 52 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Apr 6, 2018
Licensee Quality Children's Services
Administrator Carmen Macias
Phone (760) 435-2006
State facility # 376701357
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Common questions

Does Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Oceanside?

It is tied for #21 of 62 centers in Oceanside by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center last inspected?

Apr 25, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.

How much does Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Oceanside, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Qcs Childrens Cove Child Development Center?

The licensee is Quality Children's Services, and the administrator listed with the state is Carmen Macias.

Licensed centers nearby

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 376701357 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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