YMCA Smith Program Center
YMCA Smith Program Center is a licensed child care center in Huntington Beach, CA, licensed for up to 90 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1983. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 51 centers in Huntington Beach and tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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About this center
Common questions
Does YMCA Smith Program Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has YMCA Smith Program Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does YMCA Smith Program Center compare with other daycares in Huntington Beach?
It is tied for #1 of 51 centers in Huntington Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations) (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was YMCA Smith Program Center last inspected?
Oct 14, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
Who runs YMCA Smith Program Center?
The licensee is YMCA Of Orange County, and the administrator listed with the state is Tanya Elliot.
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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 300605119 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.