Amigos De Presidio Heights
5.0· 2 reviews
3437 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidy
Citations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1
Accepts assistance
Affordable Daycare in San Francisco, CA
Full-time care at a center costs a median of $607 a week for a baby and $477 for a preschooler in San Francisco 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 Francisco
- 28
- daycare centers
- 22
- in-home daycares
- 6
- take infants
- 8
All daycares that accept child care assistance in San Francisco
Showing 1 to 28 of 28
Elena Ramirez
San Francisco, CA 94112 · address shared with families
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Little Robles in the Sunset
5.0· 10 reviews1319 20th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 1 · Type B 2Mariela Santillan
San Francisco, CA 94112 · address shared with families
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Pacific Primary
5.0· 10 reviews1500 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 2Seabird Preschool
3.7· 19 reviews9 Pelton Place, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Slippery Fish Initiative, Inc.- Preschool
5.0· 3 reviews999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionTakes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Teremok
5.0· 3 reviews2460 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 7The Dahlia School
116 Channel Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0The Storybook School
5.0· 1 review2149 Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Wah Mei at Kids by the Bay-FD(PS)
5.0· 3 reviews75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
Posts its tuitionTakes infantsAccepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Angelica M. Ramirez Ortiz
5.0· 28 reviewsSan Francisco, CA 94112 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 2Centro Las Olas
5.0· 1 review3737 26th Street, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Growing Place Family Preschool and Parenting Ctr.
5.0· 4 reviews1250 Quintara Street, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Kids Kollege Preschool Day Care
5.0· 2 reviews3939 Lawton Street, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 9L'Academy Preschool SF Nob Hill
5.0· 18 reviews1868 Van Ness Avenue Unit 1, San Francisco, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0L'Academy Preschool SF Soma
4.2· 5 reviews322 8th Street, San Francisco, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0L'Academy Preschool SF-CPMC
4.8· 21 reviews1040 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0L'Academy Preschool SF-Hayes Valley 2
5.0· 7 reviews42 Waller Street, San Francisco, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Little School
4.4· 7 reviews1520 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Mission Kids
4.2· 9 reviews969 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 1 · Type B 0One Fifty Parker Avenue Nursery School
4.6· 10 reviews150 Parker Ave, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Soares Da Silva, Ana Luisa
San Francisco, CA 94112 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0Star Bridge Mandarin
5.0· 1 review608 Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyPre-KCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0True Sunshine Preschool Center
3.3· 3 reviews777 Stockton St., Rm. 201, San Francisco, CA
Accepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 1Wing Mei Ho
San Francisco, CA 94112 · address shared with families
Accepts subsidyCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 0YMCA of SF., Mission Branch, Mission Preschool
5.0· 1 review4080 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Takes infantsAccepts subsidyMeals providedCitations on record: Type A 0 · Type B 2
How this list is made: San Francisco 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 Francisco, and help paying for it
- Infant care at a center in San Francisco County, per week (2022)
- $607
- The San Francisco County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $395 a week.
- Preschool-age care at a center in San Francisco County, per week (2022)
- $477
- The San Francisco County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $410 a week.
- of the 28 daycares here post their tuition
- 11
- 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 Francisco
- 33
- 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 Francisco
- 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 Francisco?
28 daycares that accept child care assistance are listed in San Francisco. 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 Francisco daycares post their prices?
11 of the 28 list tuition; their listings here show it. Ask the others for their rates and how assistance applies.