YMCA @ Urban Adventure
Licensed Center in Dallas, Texas. License #1689822, issued August 7, 2019.
- Address
- 601 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201
- Phone
- (469) 902-9076
- Licensed capacity
- 119 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- ymcadallas.org/afterschool
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since June 16, 2025. From the state's provider report of August 26, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 16 areas it checked 2,925 standards at YMCA @ Urban Adventure between July 28, 2021 and July 30, 2026 and recorded 11 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 320 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 306 | 0 |
| Personnel | 2 | 326 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 126 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 189 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 82 | 1 |
| Naptime | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 4 | 172 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 278 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 218 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 212 | 0 |
| Active play | 2 | 228 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 192 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 113 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,903 of those standards. The remaining 22, including 9 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
What YMCA @ Urban Adventure says about itself
YMCA Afterschool Programs provide a safe, fun, and enriching environment where kids can learn, play, and grow through homework support, games, and activities.
Quoted from ymcadallas.org/afterschool, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
Ask about an opening
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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 30, 2026, and 11 citations.
2 of those visits began with YMCA @ Urban Adventure reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 4High
- 5Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High July 28, 2026 Correction verified August 11, 2026
744.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A child was left alone in a classroom without supervision for approximately 14 minutes.
- Medium High June 23, 2025 Correction verified July 16, 2025
744.2669: Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
Five children with documented food allergies did not have a FARE plan available for review.
- High June 23, 2025 Correction verified July 3, 2025
744.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
During the walkthrough, it was oberved that a classroom contained ten children who were unsupervised by a staff member. This was corrected during the inspection a staff memeber joined the class.
- Medium High June 23, 2025 Correction verified July 17, 2025
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
- Medium July 13, 2023 Correction verified August 1, 2023
744.801(2): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Personnel records were not available for licensing to review during monitoring/follow up inspections at the operation.
- Medium High July 6, 2023 Correction verified July 24, 2023
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
- High July 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
744.2105(2): Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
Caregivers confirmed that children were not provided a snack due to the students' poor behavior. The deficiency was corrected as the director and inspector discussed the matter with the staff members. Children were also observed being served a snack shortly after this discussion.
- Medium High July 11, 2022 Correction verified July 18, 2022
744.1301(1)(A): Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
6 of 8 staff files reviewed did not include orientation training.
- Medium High July 11, 2022 Correction verified July 18, 2022
744.2669: Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
One child with a confirmed food allergy did not have an emergency allergy plan available for review during the inspection.
- Medium July 11, 2022 Corrected at inspection
744.301(2): Notification of Change in Space
Children were observed playing and occupying unpermitted space not yet measured and licensed by Childcare Regulation for the operation to use. This deficiency was corrected as the space was measured during the inspection.
- High July 28, 2021 Correction verified March 10, 2022
744.2105(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver admitted to thumping a child on the shoulder.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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