Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine

5455 Katherine Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063 · Ventura County

School-age child care center

Part of YMCA · 250 California locations

Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine is a licensed child care center in Simi Valley, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 26, 2025

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity60 children

License typeSchool-age child care center

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceApr 10, 1990

LicenseeSoutheast Ventura County YMCA

AdministratorDaniela Fernandez

Phone(805) 527-8581

State facility #561710629

Common questions

Does Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine take infants?

Not under this license, which covers school-age children.

Has Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

When was Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine last inspected?

Mar 26, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Ventura County, which includes Simi Valley, was $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,030 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Simi Valley Family YMCA - Katherine?

The licensee is Southeast Ventura County YMCA, and the administrator listed with the state is Daniela Fernandez.

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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 561710629 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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