YMCA Downtown Preschool
YMCA Downtown Preschool is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #84 of 124 centers in Long Beach and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above: LPA did not observe an infant sleep log for toddlers. The facility is only documenting when children fall asleep and wake up. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Director stated that the other eight children usually attend YMCA Play - n - Grow #198015299, but due to a physical plant issues at Play-n-Grow, 10 children were relocation to the facility above. This was not reported to the department. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does YMCA Downtown Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has YMCA Downtown Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does YMCA Downtown Preschool compare with other daycares in Long Beach?
It is tied for #84 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was YMCA Downtown Preschool last inspected?
Jun 30, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does YMCA Downtown Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA Downtown Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs YMCA Downtown Preschool?
The licensee is YMCA Of Greater Long Beach, and the administrator listed with the state is William Awad.
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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 198400558 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.