Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center
Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 41 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, both of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #32 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on LPAs observation of the outdoor yard and file review the allegation of staff are operating beyond the terms and conditions of the license was substantiated. 8 https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/teacher-child-ratios-in-child-care-centers/
All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools, including swimming pools... bodies of water, through a pool cover or by fence 1 Licensee shall immediaetly ensure that the door leading out of the facility to the public area were the pools entry doors are located be by observation this regulation was not met by evidence of LPA observed the alerting mechanism on the entry door to the facility to be inoperable, 8 made inaccessible to children in care. the LIC 9224 and copy of this report is to be provided to all parents and posted for 30 days.
Complaint investigations
Ratio: Staff are operating beyond the terms and conditions of the license
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Common questions
Does Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 10, 2024, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #32 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center last inspected?
Apr 23, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Santa Monica Family YMCA Child Development Center?
The licensee is Santa Monica Family YMCA, and the administrator listed with the state is Maureen Morrison.
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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 197408600 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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