Skills Children's Center
Skills Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 50 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #245 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has more citations per inspection than 84% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above no Carbon monoxide detector was observed in the classroom, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, LPA learned that a staff member yelled at children and handled children in a rough manner, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Site supervior will email plan and proof of video review to LPA by due date. Amanda.Sutter@dss.ca.gov.
Based on interview, the facility does not have enough blankets and sheets for children enrolled, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff yells at children.
Staff handled children in a rough manner.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Skills Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Skills Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 28, 2025, for carbon monoxide detectors. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Skills Children's Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Skills Children's Center compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #245 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 84% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Skills Children's Center last inspected?
May 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Skills Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Skills Children's 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 Skills Children's Center?
The licensee is Scusd Child Development, and the administrator listed with the state is Theresa Perez.
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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 343604550 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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