Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center
Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center is a licensed child care center in Mission Viejo, CA, licensed for up to 100 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #18 of 33 centers in Mission Viejo and better than 40% of licensed centers statewide.
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101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time.... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met by: 1 Director will train staff on YMCA standard operating procedures which include all aspects of safety and supervision. Based on staff interview and UIR submitted, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. C1 was left alone on 11/15/2024 without any adult supervision inside the bathroom for 3 to 4 minutes, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff did not provide adequate supervision to day care child.
About this center
Common questions
Does Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 19, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center compare with other daycares in Mission Viejo?
It is tied for #18 of 33 centers in Mission Viejo by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 40% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center last inspected?
Nov 18, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Mission Viejo, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Saddleback YMCA-bathgate Center?
The licensee is YMCA Of Orange County, and the administrator listed with the state is Allison Wong.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 304270065 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.