YMCA of Greater Whittier
YMCA of Greater Whittier is a licensed child care center in Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 42 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (3 of 6). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #40 of 49 centers in Whittier and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based upon LPAs interviews conducted 1 Director states they will have a staff meeting to go over a new policy where staff will call for additional staff assistance when changing a diaper, if they are the only staff in the room. The policy will include that once assistance is requested via walkie or text, additional staff will arrive to assist in the classroom within the facility did not meet the above regulation as 3 staff stated they haven't been able to visually supervise all children while changing a childs diaper in the bathroom, and being the only staff present. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights rist to children in care. 8 5 minutes. Director will email LPA the staff training that notes the details of the new policy, which is signed by all staff.
Based on interviews and records review, the facility did not abide by the license limitations specifying serving preschool children only, by commingling infants and preschool children, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 1 water containers which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility did not ensure that teachers were qualified to be part of ratio, in 2 of 2 teachers observed in preschool classroom, which poses an immediated health and safety risk to persons in care.
To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have...Twelve post-secondary semester... units in... child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum. Director will ensure that teachers have courses required to be considered a teacher. This requirement was not evidenced by; Based on record review of staff files, director did not ensure teacher qualifications for 2 of 2 staff, which poses an immediated health and safety risk to persons in care. 8
LPA's review of sign in sheets during the complaint investigation showing 1 staff caring for more than 12 children on more than one occassion.
Complaint investigations
Facility is operating out of ratio
Children left under the care and supervision of unqualified staff
Childcare is operating over ratio
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About this center
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Common questions
Does YMCA of Greater Whittier take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has YMCA of Greater Whittier had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 3, 2022, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about YMCA of Greater Whittier?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does YMCA of Greater Whittier compare with other daycares in Whittier?
It is tied for #40 of 49 centers in Whittier by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was YMCA of Greater Whittier last inspected?
Mar 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does YMCA of Greater Whittier cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA of Greater Whittier for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Whittier, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs YMCA of Greater Whittier?
The licensee is Curt Skotnick, and the administrator listed with the state is Leticia Febres.
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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 198019117 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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