Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care is a licensed child care center in Tracy, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. 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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The water report dated 09/21/2024 revealed that the facility had elevated levels of lead in a water fountain in room 7. This is a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the Lead Test Report was not available, 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.
Has Tender Loving Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Tender Loving Care?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
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?
Aug 27, 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 Charla B. & Kristina L..
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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 393612087 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.