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Starlight Children's Center · Infant Center, Watsonville

360 Arthur Road, Watsonville, CA 95076 · Santa Cruz County
ClosedInfant center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 10, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Starlight Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 16 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 7 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
7Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jun 18, 2025 · Inspection · no citationSep 30, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundAug 26, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundJul 12, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety5
Supervision1
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BSep 30, 2024Case management visit (incident)Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
There was lack of staff supervision when a child (C1) was able to exit the classroom's gate and walked outside the classroom. C1 was already outside the gate when staff (S1) observed the child and immediately ran and brought the child back to the center. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 2, 2024
Type BAug 22, 2024Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(2)
The facility has completely replaced both faucets SCC1 and SCC2 and started the 21 day required flushing. The facility shall contact (CRWA) to label the sink faucets correctly. Facility shall retest faucets "SCC1 and SCC2) and notify Licensing once it has been After water lead testing was completed, the facility had faucet (SCC1) and SCC2 located in the Infant and toddler sink with an Action Level Exceedance of 11.5 and 18.2 which poses a potenial risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 completed by plan of correction by
Plan of correction due Sep 12, 2024
Type BJul 12, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(f)(1)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for waste container located in shared bathroom, which does not have a tight-fitting lid for solid waste, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 12, 2022
Type BJul 12, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Disaster and emergency plan §101174(a)
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for both Room 1 & 2., which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 14, 2022
Type BJul 12, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(g)(1)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 locations on the infant side of the facility (Room 1), which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 13, 2022
Type BJul 12, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Infant fixtures, furniture and equipment §101439(g)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 2 fixutres at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 15, 2022
Type BJul 12, 2022InspectionRecords & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(E)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for reporting of COVID cases and exposures, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 15, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity16 children
License typeInfant center
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJun 30, 2009
ClosedDec 10, 2025
LicenseeEncompass Community Services
Last administratorElizabeth Tapia
State facility #444410798

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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 444410798 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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