City Tree Christian Infant Center
320 Date Street, San Diego, CA
Posts its tuitionInfants onlyAccepts subsidy
Citations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 3
Accepts assistance
Affordable Daycare in San Diego, CA
Full-time care at a center costs a median of $379 a week for a baby and $243 for a preschooler in San Diego County (2022). Families who qualify can get help paying through California's subsidized child care programs, and the daycares listed here accept it.
- daycares that accept child care assistance in San Diego
- 20
- daycare centers
- 11
- in-home daycares
- 9
- take infants
- 10
All daycares that accept child care assistance in San Diego
Showing 1 to 20 of 20
Ginette Joseph Family Child Care
5.0· 2 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92115 · address shared with families
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 3Rocio Contreras Family Child Care
5.0· 9 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92139 · address shared with families
Posts its tuitionTakes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0San Diego Cooperative Preschool
4.3· 9 reviews4190 Front Street, San Diego, CA
Posts its tuitionTakes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 2St. Peter's Preschool
5.0· 5 reviews1371 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, San Diego, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 2Timbertoy Bilingual Montessori
5.0· 6 reviews6736 Linda Vista Rd, San Diego, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Warren-Walker School - Ocean Beach
4605 Point Loma Avenue, San Diego, CA
Posts its tuitionTakes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 2 · Type B 2Alexa's Playc
4.3· 8 reviews3685 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego, CA
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 1 · Type B 3Araceli Aguilar Family Child Care
5.0· 11 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92114 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Ascension Montessori Children’s Center
5.0· 8 reviews5106 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA
Accepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Au Clair De Lune
1978 Coolidge Street, San Diego, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Family Ibarra-Ramirez Maria Child Care
5.0· 9 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92105 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Galina Carmel Family Child Care
4.6· 22 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92129 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 3Jatinder Kaur Family Child Care
4.7· 9 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92126 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Kindercare Learning Center - Paseo Montanoso
4.4· 18 reviews11290 Paseo Montanoso, San Diego, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Lia Woldu Family Child Care
5.0· 1 reviewSan Diego, CA 92115 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 1 · Type B 1Little Angels Academy
5.0· 45 reviews3078 L Street, San Diego, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 2 · Type B 5Maria Nelyubina Family Child Care
5.0· 8 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92130 · address shared with families
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Mesa College Child Development Center
4.5· 8 reviews7250 Mesa College Drive, San Diego, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 4Sakina Asare Family Child Care
5.0· 20 reviewsSan Diego, CA 92110 · address shared with families
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 4
How this list is made: San Diego daycares whose California record says they accept child care subsidies, plus those that say they accept assistance. The California license list we load does not record subsidies, so here this list has daycares that say they accept child care assistance. Accepting assistance says nothing about a daycare's own prices. A daycare without this tag may still accept assistance; ask.
Cost and help paying
What daycare costs in San Diego, and help paying for it
- Infant care at a center in San Diego County, per week (2022)
- $379
- The San Diego County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $251 a week.
- Preschool-age care at a center in San Diego County, per week (2022)
- $243
- The San Diego County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $238 a week.
- of the 20 daycares here post their tuition
- 7
- Their listings show the rates they publish. Ask the others for their rates, and how assistance applies.
- Head Start or Early Head Start centers in San Diego
- 38
- Free for children from birth to 5 in families who qualify, by income or because they receive public assistance.
Before you enroll
Paying for daycare in San Diego
- 1
Apply for assistance first
Your state decides who qualifies and how much it pays. Apply through the state's child care assistance office before you choose a daycare.
- 2
Ask about the copayment
Most families pay a share of the cost. Ask the daycare whether it charges more than the state pays, and how much.
- 3
Ask about open subsidy spots
Some daycares cap how many children on assistance they take. Ask whether a spot is open now.
- 4
Check the license record
Open a listing for its state license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection record.
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Questions
Questions
How many daycares that accept child care assistance are in San Diego?
20 daycares that accept child care assistance are listed in San Diego. Accepting assistance says nothing about a daycare's own prices. A daycare without this tag may still accept assistance; ask.
How do I apply for child care assistance in California?
Apply through California's subsidized child care programs, run by the California Department of Social Services. It is for families who meet certain income and eligibility criteria. Families on CalWORKs cash aid with age-eligible children qualify for CalWORKs child care. Income limits change each year, so check the current limits on the state's site.
Is there free daycare?
Some families can get it. Head Start and Early Head Start are free for children from families who qualify, and some states waive the family's share of the cost for the lowest incomes. Ask your state's child care assistance office what you qualify for.
Does a daycare that accepts assistance cost more?
Not by itself. Accepting assistance means the daycare takes payments from the state program; its own prices vary like any daycare's. Ask whether it charges more than the state pays, and how much you would pay.
How does child care assistance work?
Each state runs a child care assistance program, paid for in part by the federal Child Care and Development Fund. Families who qualify by income, and usually by working, looking for work or going to school, get help paying a daycare that accepts it; the help is often called a voucher or subsidy. Most families pay a share called a copayment, set by the state. Apply through the California child care assistance office.
Can I get free daycare?
Some families can. States may waive the copayment for families with the lowest incomes, and Head Start and Early Head Start are free for families who qualify. Ask your state's child care assistance office what you qualify for.
Are these daycares licensed in California?
Every listing here comes from the California child care license records.
Which of these San Diego daycares post their prices?
7 of the 20 list tuition; their listings here show it. Ask the others for their rates and how assistance applies.