Licensed under California #376605762 since 1998, Maria J Garces Day Care is a Point Loma family child care home on Marquette Street serving up to 14 children. The 14-child capacity puts the program in the same small-group Family Day Care Home classification as nearby Katia's Family Child Care, a licensing tier California designed to keep provider-to-child ratios lower than center-based programs while allowing mixed-age grouping that tracks siblings together. Enrollment spans infants through preschool ages inside a single home setting, with a backyard play area and the indoor-outdoor flow typical of a Loma Heights residential lot. Kindergarten-readiness preparation ramps up in the final preschool year before children transition to district placements including Loma Portal Elementary School, with the home program covering pre-literacy foundations, structured routines, and the self-regulation skills San Diego Unified expects at kindergarten intake. The most involved enrollments are infants joining at 6 weeks to working parents on strict Navy or federal schedules, where the home drops into primary-caregiver territory across feeding, nap cycles, and developmental milestone tracking for up to five years before kindergarten.