California Care Facility License Search (CA CCLD)

Search the official California Department of Social Services — Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) facility database: the state's licensing source of truth for assisted living (RCFE), child care centers, family child care homes, adult residential facilities, foster & group homes, home care organizations, and adoption agencies — 30+ license categories covering tens of thousands of licensed facilities statewide.

Every record comes straight from the state system, including license status, capacity, licensee name, full address, phone, inspection & complaint visit counts, Type A/B citation counts, and links to published inspection reports.

What you get

• ✅ License verification — current status (Licensed, Closed, Pending, etc.) with license dates
• 🏠 Facility profile — name, type, capacity, full address, county, phone, licensee & contact
• 🔍 Compliance signals — total visits, inspection visits, complaint visits, Type A/B citations, substantiated/unsubstantiated complaint counts, last visit date
• 📄 Inspection reports (optional) — published complaint & inspection documents with dates and links
• 🎯 Four search modes — by facility type + name/location filters, by exact facility number, or by licensee name

Use cases

• Senior care referral platforms — verify RCFE licenses and surface complaint histories before referring families
• Childcare marketplaces & SaaS — license verification and enrichment for child care providers
• Insurance underwriting & compliance — screen facilities for citations and substantiated complaints
• Real estate & M&A due diligence — capacity, status, and compliance history for care facility acquisitions
• Lead generation — licensed facility lists by county/city with phone numbers and licensee names

Input

Field	Description
facilityType	Which register to search — assisted-living (RCFE), child-care-center, adult-residential, home-care-organization, + 30 more
facilityName	Full or partial facility name
county / city / zipCode / street	Location filters
facilityNumber	Exact license number → returns that facility's full detail record
licensee	Exact full owner name (case-insensitive) → all facilities held by that licensee
includeDetails	Fetch full detail per facility (capacity, city, dates, inspection counts) — default true
includeReports	Attach published inspection/complaint report links — default false
maxResults	Cap on returned records (default 100)

Example: assisted living facilities in Los Angeles County

{
    "facilityType": "assisted-living",
    "county": "Los Angeles",
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxResults": 100
}

Example: verify one facility by license number

{
    "facilityNumber": "198400637",
    "includeReports": true
}

Output

{
    "facilityName": "ARC EN CIEL PRESCHOOL",
    "facilityNumber": "198400637",
    "facilityType": "DAY CARE CENTER",
    "status": "Licensed",
    "capacity": 45,
    "licensee": "CHARLOTTE GILES",
    "contact": "CHARLOTTE GILES",
    "streetAddress": "5730 SOUTH STREET",
    "city": "LAKEWOOD",
    "state": "CA",
    "zipCode": "90713",
    "county": "Los Angeles",
    "phone": "(562) 832-1911",
    "clientsServed": ["950 - CHILDREN"],
    "licenseFirstDate": "12/28/2022",
    "lastVisitDate": "5/19/2026",
    "inspections": {
        "totalVisits": 15,
        "inspectionVisits": 1,
        "complaintVisits": 7,
        "complaintCitationsTypeA": 1,
        "complaintsSubstantiated": 1,
        "complaintsUnsubstantiated": 10
    },
    "districtOffice": {
        "name": "MONTEREY PARK SW RO",
        "phone": "(323) 981-3350"
    },
    "detailUrl": "https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefacilitysearch/#/FacDetail/198400637",
    "source": "California DSS Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-16T15:00:00.000Z"
}

Good to know

• 250-row server cap — the state API caps every search at 250 rows with no pagination. Narrow by county, city, ZIP, or name to cover more ground; iterating counties covers the full state.
• Licensee search is exact-match — the state API only matches the complete licensee name (e.g. "JANE SMITH"), case-insensitive. Partial names return nothing.
• Small family child care homes are private residences; the state limits what's published for them.
• Data is fetched live from the official state system on every run — no stale mirrors.

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