# Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch License #425850700 · Buellton, Santa Barbara County · Licensed for 6 — Small care home · a licensed care home (RCFE) Address: 310 Sycamore Drive, Buellton, CA 93427 Phone: (310) 383-1877 (From the state licensing record, October 26, 2026) Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch is a small care home in Buellton — a licensed residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), the licence category behind “assisted living” and “board and care.” It is licensed for 6 residents since 2026. - Care approvals on file: Wheelchair · Dementia · Hospice · Bedridden — State licensing record · October 26, 2026 - Estimated starting rate: $5,500 a month — Covelight estimate · likely $4,500–$6,800 Full page: A citation does not make a home unsafe, and an empty file does not make a home good. ## Quick answers about Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch ### Is Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch licensed? The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. ### How many residents is Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch licensed for? 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. ### Has Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch been cited? 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations since 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. Those records count 2 state visits over the same years. ### Is Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch still open? This license was on the CDSS roster as of November 7, 2026. ### What does Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch cost? $5,500 a month to start is a Covelight estimate, likely $4,500–$6,800. This home’s own rate is not on file. Ask: “What is the all-in monthly rate, and what would push it higher?” Covelight’s estimate starts from the rates 14 small homes and similar homes within 38 miles publish, then adjusts for this home’s size, state care approvals, Medi-Cal waiver participation, years licensed and the area’s prices. In testing, the likely range held the real rate for 6 in 10 homes. This home’s own rate is not on file. Among 10 other homes of a similar licensed size across Santa Barbara County that publish a starting rate, the middle half runs $4,500 to $5,200 a month, and the middle figure is $5,000 (n = 10 other homes publishing a starting rate). Each of those is a home’s own published figure, gathered on its own date between September and October 2026 — not an average of ours, and not a survey. Similar size means small and mid-size homes counted together, and large communities counted on their own, because they are different markets. A home outside the band is not overcharging or underpricing: a starting rate covers different things in different homes, which is the first thing to ask about. The price is made in the phone call. Nothing here is a quote, an offer or a discount. A starting rate is the room and the base care. California homes commonly bill care levels, medication management, supplies, transport and a second person in the room as extras. Many also charge a one-time fee at move-in. Ask for that list in writing before anything is signed. Only prices a home put out itself count here: its own website, a listing it supplied, or a price a listing site says the home confirmed. Prices a site shows without saying where they came from are left out. ### Does Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch take Medi-Cal? On Medi-Cal’s Assisted Living Waiver: this home is not on the DHCS participation list dated October 1, 2026. Ask the program about current options. The waiver pays for care services, not room and board. ### Who holds the license? The license is held by Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch Inc., per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. ### Can Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch keep a resident on hospice? Hospice care is approved on this license, covering up to 2 residents, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. ## Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch license and inspection record - Name on the license: “FAMILY CONNECT MEMORY CARE SYCAMORE RANCH”, per the CDSS roster as of June 12, 2026. - License #425850700. The state lists this license as “Licensed,” per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - Licensed for 6 residents — a small home, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - Licensed to Family Connect Memory Care Sycamore Ranch Inc., per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - First licensed in 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - 2 state inspection visits since 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - 0 Type A and 0 Type B citations on file since 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. The same records count 2 state visits in that period. - 0 complaints and 0 substantiated allegations on file since 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - The most recent state visit on file is March 21, 2026, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026. - Type A citation: a violation that poses an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights if it is not corrected - Type B citation: a violation that could become a risk if not corrected, or one involving records, resources or required services California writes these definitions for every licensed home, not for this one. [CDSS citation definitions (PDF)]() ## Sources - CDSS Community Care Licensing — status, capacity, license holder, the first-license year, citations, complaints and visits, per CDSS records as of October 26, 2026: [See the state’s own record]() - CDSS licensing roster — the listing, as of November 7, 2026 - DHCS Assisted Living Waiver participant list, as of October 1, 2026: Covelight Care is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the sources named on this page.