Salvation Army Day Care Center
Salvation Army Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1986. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 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 #219 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Director stated they have retrained staff on supervision, especially visual supervision and hiding spots, to reinforce the need to provide constant visual supervision without turning away or failing to observe. Director stated they will email the agenda and sign-in sheet to LPA on or before
multiple witness statements and LPA records review that showed staff reported some incidents and did not report other incidents of injuries to a child. This constitutes a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk to children in care.
Director will provide LPA with a roster showing all children in care since January 2022. LPA printed LIC 9040 to provide to the Director. Director stated he was unaware of the requirement to keep the necessary information for a childrens roster for three years.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not prevent daycare child from being harmed by other children
Staff did not provide child's authorized representative with incident reports
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About this center
Common questions
Does Salvation Army Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Salvation Army Day Care Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jun 17, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Salvation Army Day Care Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Salvation Army Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #219 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Salvation Army Day Care Center last inspected?
Feb 7, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Salvation Army Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Salvation Army Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Salvation Army Day Care Center?
The licensee is Salvation Army, and the administrator listed with the state is Leonel Gutierrez.
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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 340309428 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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