Sunnyvale · Licensed family home
Vanessa Salsbury Family Child Care
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
Source for who runs it
ccld.dss.ca.govShortlist 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 1 cited something
Bay Area family homes: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. One visit is 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
- June 2, 2025
- On file
- 1 visit, September 2023 — it cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
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.
May 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · May 1, 2025
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Licensee handles children in care aggressively. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst(LPA) Mandeep Kaur met with Licensee, Vanessa Salsbury for an unannounced follow up complaint investigation. Purpose of today's investigation: deliver investigation findings. LPA conducted observations, interviewed staff, children and random parents during the investigation. LPA toured inside and outside areas of the facility during investigation. Based on interviews and observations during the investigation process, it is concluded that although the above allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the alleged violation did or did not occur. The allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. No Deficiency issued during today's investigation. **Continue on next Page** Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area family homes, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,008 visits).
Details
- Area
- Sunnyvale, 94087
- License
- 434416556, active
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Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov