Storyteller Children's Center · 421 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara
Storyteller Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Storyteller Children's Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Storyteller Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was Storyteller Children's Center last inspected?
May 12, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Storyteller Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Storyteller Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,593 a month for infants (about $2,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Storyteller Children's Center?
The licensee is Storyteller Children's Center, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Jose Francisco Viveros.
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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 426216660 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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