YMCA @ Urban Adventure
601 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201
Pre-Kindergarten, School · Monday–Friday
8 critical, 8 serious findings across 36 visits in the last 36 months. Most recent critical finding: Jul 28, 2026.
28 inspections · 8 investigations in 36 months · source checked Sep 16, 2026
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- Meals providedListed
- Snacks providedListed
- Before-school careNot listed
- After-school careNot listed
- Transportation to/from schoolListed
- Drop-in careNot listed
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- Field tripsListed
- Skill classesNot listed
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- Accepts child care subsidiesNot accepted
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Licensed capacity: 119 children. This is not the number of open places.
Programs & learning
Pre-Kindergarten,School
School Age Care,Meals Provided ,Snacks Provided,Transportation to/from School ,Field Trips
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07:30 AM-05:30 PM
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
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- Meals providedListed
- Snacks providedListed
- Before-school careNot listed
- After-school careNot listed
- Transportation to/from schoolListed
- Drop-in careNot listed
- Part-time careNot listed
- Field tripsListed
- Skill classesNot listed
- Weekend careNot listed
- Night careNot listed
- AccreditedNot listed
- Accepts child care subsidiesNot accepted
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Evidence, with the follow-through.
Provider descriptions, prices, and photos never change this record. Every finding below comes from published state evidence.
8 critical, 8 serious findings across 36 visits in the last 36 months. Most recent critical finding: Jul 28, 2026.
Last 36 months · window starts Sep 15, 2023
3 standard(s) appear on multiple visits: 744.1205(a)(4) (8 visits); 744.2669 (4 visits); 744.2501(a) (4 visits). This is a match of standard identifiers, not a judgment about identical circumstances.
State verification published Aug 11, 2026.
Conditions between visits, current staffing, and day-to-day quality. A correction plan is not verification.
56 visits in our data; 0 unmatched findings. Publication and processing can lag events.
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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.
State verification published Aug 11, 2026.
Inspection record
Visits available in our Texas data, newest first. Visits with findings are shown in full; runs of clean visits are folded into one line. Findings are quoted from the inspector's report with the Texas risk level beside our severity.
Inspection history is one input into your decision, not a guarantee of safety or a rating of care quality. How to read this record.
- 2026
- Jul 30, 2026 to Jul 30, 20264 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Jul 30, 2026 inspection
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- Jul 30, 2026 inspection
- Jul 28, 2026Self-reported incident1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Aug 11, 2026. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- Jul 28, 2026Self-reported incident1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Aug 11, 2026. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- Jul 28, 2026Self-reported incident1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Aug 11, 2026. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- Jul 28, 2026Self-reported incident1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Aug 11, 2026. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- May 29, 2026 to Jul 13, 20268 inspections and 4 investigationsNo findingsShow
- Jul 13, 2026 inspection
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- Jun 2, 2026 inspection
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- Jun 2, 2026 inspection
- Jun 2, 2026 inspection
- May 29, 2026 self-reported incident
- May 29, 2026 self-reported incident
- May 29, 2026 self-reported incident
- May 29, 2026 self-reported incident
- 2025
- Jul 3, 2025 to Jul 16, 20258 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Jul 16, 2025 inspection
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- Jul 3, 2025 inspection
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- Jul 3, 2025 inspection
- Jun 23, 2025Inspection3 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Jul 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 16, 2025. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 17, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Jun 23, 2025Inspection3 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Jul 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 17, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2501(a).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 16, 2025. Standard 744.2669.
- Jun 23, 2025Inspection3 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Jul 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 16, 2025. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 17, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Jun 23, 2025Inspection3 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Correction verified Jul 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.1205(a)(4).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 16, 2025. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 17, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2501(a).
- 2024
- Jun 27, 2024 to Jun 27, 20244 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Jun 27, 2024 inspection
- Jun 27, 2024 inspection
- Jun 27, 2024 inspection
- Jun 27, 2024 inspection
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- 2023
- Jul 13, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Correction verified Aug 1, 2023. Standard 744.801(2).
- Jul 13, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Correction verified Aug 1, 2023. Standard 744.801(2).
- Jul 13, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Correction verified Aug 1, 2023. Standard 744.801(2).
- Jul 13, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Correction verified Aug 1, 2023. Standard 744.801(2).
- Jul 6, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 24, 2023. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Jul 6, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 24, 2023. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Jul 6, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 24, 2023. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Jul 6, 2023Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection report available.
Correction verified Jul 24, 2023. Standard 744.2501(a).
- Feb 9, 2023 to Feb 9, 20234 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Feb 9, 2023 inspection
- Feb 9, 2023 inspection
- Feb 9, 2023 inspection
- Feb 9, 2023 inspection
- 2022
- Jul 11, 2022Inspection4 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
6 of 8 staff files reviewed did not include orientation training.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.1301(1)(A).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Standard 744.301(2).
- Jul 11, 2022Inspection4 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Standard 744.301(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
6 of 8 staff files reviewed did not include orientation training.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.1301(1)(A).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.2669.
- Jul 11, 2022Inspection4 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Standard 744.301(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
6 of 8 staff files reviewed did not include orientation training.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.1301(1)(A).
- Jul 11, 2022Inspection4 findings · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(2).
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
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.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.2669.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
6 of 8 staff files reviewed did not include orientation training.
Correction verified Jul 18, 2022. Standard 744.1301(1)(A).
- SeriousTexas: Medium
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.
Corrected during the inspection. Standard 744.301(2).
- 2021
- Jul 28, 2021Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver admitted to thumping a child on the shoulder.
Correction verified Mar 10, 2022. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(1).
- Jul 28, 2021Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver admitted to thumping a child on the shoulder.
Correction verified Mar 10, 2022. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(1).
- Jul 28, 2021Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver admitted to thumping a child on the shoulder.
Correction verified Mar 10, 2022. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(1).
- Jul 28, 2021Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver admitted to thumping a child on the shoulder.
Correction verified Mar 10, 2022. Technical assistance given. Standard 744.2105(1).
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Facts from the license
- Permit
- Full Permit, issued Aug 7, 2019
- Capacity
- 119 children (licensed maximum, not openings)
- Ages
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM · Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
- Subsidies
- Not accepted
- County
- Dallas
- Website
- www.ymcadallas.org/afterschool
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Same 36-month summary window. Different operating histories and coverage limit comparisons.
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| YMCA @ Urban Adventure this page | Pre-K–School | 119 | 7:30a–5:30p | 8 crit·8 ser |
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| Primrose School Klyde Warren Park | Infant–Pre-K | 130 | 7a–6p | 4 crit·4 ser |
- YMCA @ Urban Adventurethis pagePre-K–School · 119 licensed capacity8 crit·8 ser
- Infant–School · 124 licensed capacityClear
- Infant–School · 187 licensed capacity20 crit·28 ser
- Infant–School · 178 licensed capacity32 crit·4 ser
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Contact & location
601 N Akard St, Dallas, TX 75201
State-sourced · checked Sep 16, 2026. Confirm current details with the provider.
State records and provider information have separate sources. Provider claims do not establish independently verified care quality. Missing data is not evidence of an issue-free record.