YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant
YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant is a licensed child care center in Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 10 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, all of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (4 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.
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Based on interviews and record review, the required ratio was not met for 7 days in August of 2022, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on interviews and records review, the facility operated beyond the conditions of the license (serving infants aged 0-2 only) when they commingled infants and preschool children in 1 out of 1 infant classrooms. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on LPA's observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that all throought the playground the toys and equipment were dirty, broken toys and spider webs which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA's observations, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the infant security gate leading to an exit door measures 2 feet 4 inches which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observstion of 1 teacher caring for 5 infants, the director did not ensure that staff-infant ratio was met in 1 of 1 infant classroom, which poses an immediate health and safety risk to persons in care.
LPA's review of sign in sheets during the complaint investigation showing 1 staff caring for more than 4 infants on more than one occassion. 1 A written plan must be submitted to ensure there is a sufficient staff 1 teacher to 4 infants at all times. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility is out of ratio.
Facility co-comingled day care children.
Facility operating out of ratio.
Childcare is operating over ratio
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Common questions
Does YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 3, 2022, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant 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 - Infant last inspected?
Jun 18, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Whittier, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs YMCA of Greater Whittier - Infant?
The licensee is YMCA Of Greater Whittier, 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 198020671 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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