YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool
YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 54 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 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 #56 of 124 centers in Long Beach and has fewer citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers.
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(b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of .5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number before comparing to the Action Level (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedence 1 The facility will provide a written statemnt on their plan to continue to ensure that the water sources will not be used as a drinking or food preparation source by POC date 11/02/22 This requirement was not met as evidence by record review. Lead test results showed that one water source had an action level of exceedence. LPA Derraco observed the water fountain/faucent to be made inaccessible with a plastic bag 8 This is a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care
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Common questions
Does YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool compare with other daycares in Long Beach?
It is tied for #56 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool last inspected?
Apr 30, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA Glb Creative Beginnings 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 Glb Creative Beginnings Preschool?
The licensee is YMCA Of Greater Long Beach, and the administrator listed with the state is Nicolas Araya.
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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 198002619 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.