# California Care Facility License Search (CA CCLD) (`lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper`) Actor

Search California's official CDSS care facility license database — assisted living/RCFE, child care, foster family, group homes, adult residential & home care orgs. Returns license status, capacity, licensee, contact, inspection/complaint history and citation counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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

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

#### Example: verify one facility by license number

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

### Output

```json
{
    "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.

### Related actors

- [Contractor License Verification](https://apify.com/lulzasaur/contractor-license-scraper) — CA CSLB, TX, FL, NY
- [CA DRE Real Estate License Search](https://apify.com/lulzasaur/ca-dre-license-scraper)
- [Nurse License Verification](https://apify.com/lulzasaur/nurse-license-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `facilityType` (type: `string`):

Which CCLD facility register to search. Ignored when facilityNumber or licensee is provided.

## `facilityName` (type: `string`):

Full or partial facility name (e.g. "Sunrise").

## `county` (type: `string`):

California county name (e.g. "Los Angeles", "San Diego"). The server caps every search at 250 rows, so narrowing by county helps.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City filter (e.g. "Sacramento").

## `zipCode` (type: `string`):

ZIP code filter (e.g. "90210").

## `street` (type: `string`):

Street address filter.

## `facilityNumber` (type: `string`):

Exact CCLD facility/license number (e.g. "198400637"). Returns that single facility's full detail record directly, ignoring all other filters.

## `licensee` (type: `string`):

EXACT full licensee/owner name (e.g. "JANE SMITH" or a company name), case-insensitive. The state API only matches the complete name — partial names return nothing.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each facility's detail record: capacity, licensee, city, license dates, last visit date, inspection/complaint visit counts, and Type A/B citation counts.

## `includeReports` (type: `boolean`):

Also attach the list of published inspection/complaint report documents (title, date, type, link) for each facility.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of facilities to return. The CCLD server itself caps every search at 250 rows.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "facilityType": "assisted-living",
  "facilityName": "",
  "county": "Los Angeles",
  "city": "",
  "zipCode": "",
  "street": "",
  "facilityNumber": "",
  "licensee": "",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeReports": false,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "county": "Los Angeles"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "county": "Los Angeles" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "county": "Los Angeles"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/ca-ccld-facility-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dl707cwbjLEFzDGSD/builds/nVpp6s5FU0yEvdkrE/openapi.json