Strauch Child Development Center
Strauch Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2001. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #229 of 275 centers in Sacramento and better than 17% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a self-reported incident on 18 November 2025 where a child was left without supervision in a classroom for approximately 10 minutes during a fire alarm, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, one faucet tested exceeded the allowed 5.5 ppb, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Strauch Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Strauch Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 21, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Strauch Child Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Strauch Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #229 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 17% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Strauch Child Development Center last inspected?
Oct 29, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Strauch Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Strauch Child Development 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 Strauch Child Development Center?
The licensee is Twin River Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Nicole Schlie.
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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 343606977 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.