Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care is a licensed child care center in Tracy, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #26 of 38 centers in Tracy and has more citations per inspection than 46% of California licensed centers.
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During today's visit, LPA observed the affected drinking water outlet is not in use. Bottled water is available. Pre-K Teacher will schedule re-testing and submit the water report to the RO to resume using the water outlet. Deficiency was cleared during today's visit. The water report dated 08/22/2023 revealed that the facility had elevated levels of lead in 1 drinking outlet. This is a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 our of 3 staff did not have a current mandated reporter training certficates, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Tender Loving Care take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Tender Loving Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Tender Loving Care compare with other daycares in Tracy?
It is tied for #26 of 38 centers in Tracy by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 46% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Tender Loving Care last inspected?
Jul 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Tender Loving Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Tender Loving Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Joaquin County, which includes Tracy, was $798 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Tender Loving Care?
The licensee is Sld Incorporated, and the administrator listed with the state is Heather M. & Patricia V..
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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 393607979 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.