Sunnyvale · Licensed family home
Ambrose Commissariat Family Child Care
A family home in Sunnyvale, licensed for up to 14 children. Run by the person who holds the license. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Full-size home. Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.
Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 2 cited something
Across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits). Two visits are too few to read as a pattern.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- July 30, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since April 2023 — both cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- Type A —
Criminal Record Clearance. (d)All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on the interview with the Licensee and record review, a staff worked in the daycare home without a valid criminal record clearance. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety or Personal Rights to children in care.
· May 11, 2022
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Mar 2022 Complaint 3 findings
Complaint · March 24, 2022
CCR 102370(d)(1) · Type A
Criminal Record Clearance. (d)All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on the interview with the Licensee and record review, a staff worked in the daycare home without a valid criminal record clearance. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety or Personal Rights to children in care.
CCR 102417(g)(4) · Type A
Operation of a Family Child Care Home (g)The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not be limited to: (4)Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, a knife, a bottle of medication and a bottle of disinfecting alcohol were accessible to children in care. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety or Personal Rights to children in care.
CCR 102423(a)(4) · Type A
Operation of a Family Child Care Home (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following: (4) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, including, but not limited to: interference with eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on the interview with the Licensee, a garment belt was used to support a child from falling from the chair during feeding. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety or Personal Rights to children in care.
Details
- Phone
- (408) 744-0535
- Area
- Sunnyvale, 94087
- License
- 434414196, active
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State record
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The state’s licensing transparency data reports 2 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=3, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=4, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=3, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov