Childcare at the Y is about more than looking after kids. It’s about nurturing their development and providing a safe place to learn. For more than 30 years, the Y has been offering Before and After School Care. Y-Kids is a School-Based State Licensed Child Care Program designed to help families build self-sufficiency by providing safe, affordable, high-quality childcare.
Registration for 2025/2026 YKids is ONLINE ONLY.
We are very excited to announce that YKids Registration for the 2025/2026 school year opens May 12th at 6AM and will be completely online!
- Registration is open to members and non-members.
- Children must be toilet trained and independent of the parent.
- $80 non-refundable registration fee per child is due at the time of registration.
- All registrants will be enrolled in automatic monthly payments, charged on the 1st of the month.
- Families receiving CHS are responsible for the $80 non-refundable registration fee. Accounts will be billed at the full rate until receipt of the final contract.
- AM YKids runs 6:30am until the start of school and PM YKids runs after school ends until 6:00pm.
- The YKids Before and After School program is available in the following districts, for the grade listed:
- Berkeley Township Pre K through 4th grade
- Manchester Township Pre K through 5th grade
- Toms River Kindergarten through 5th grade
- Eagleswood Pre K through 6th grade
- Island Heights Pre K through 6th grade
- Ocean Gate Pre K through 6th grade
- Each location must meet a minimum number of registrants and cannot exceed the maximum number of participants.
- If the location is closed due to reaching the maximum, you are welcome to register and be added to the waitlist.
- If your registered location does not open due to low enrollment, you will be notified by Friday, 8/8/25.
- Berkeley Township parents must complete a Berkeley Township School District Transportation Form. If your child is only attending part of the week, the parent is responsible for getting the child to school on those other days.
- Berkeley morning program-all students are dropped off at H.M. Potter Elementary School. Students are then bussed to their homeschool (Bayville or CBW).
- Berkeley afternoon program- takes place at the child’s home school.
Save time by completing your child’s profile online now!
As part of the online registration process, all parents/guardians must complete an online Childcare Profile. It is very important that you do not create a duplicate account for yourself or your child. If you are currently registered, you do not need to recreate your account, but you must update all childcare information, as requested.
Our system automatically creates an online account for anyone who has participated in a program, whether as a member or non-member, so it is very important that you verify if your child is already in our system.
- Click this link to visit our account log in page and follow the steps to log in OR find your account.
- Visit the Manage Your Online Account page of our website for additional log in instructions for existing accounts.
- Click to go directly to the YKids Program Registration page.
- Contact the Welcome Center at 732-341-9622 ext. 0 and our staff will be happy to let assist you in determining if you have an existing account.
REGISTRATION REMINDERS:
- Please make sure you register your child for the correct school.
- If need both AM and PM care, you must register for each, as they are separate programs.
- Please double check your account to make sure you have registered for the correct school, as well AM and/or PM program.
- Please carefully select the days of the week your child(ren) will be attending. The days you choose are reflected on the rosters we use for attendance and to accept children.
- ALL schedule and billing information changes must be sent to ykids@ocymca.org. The deadline to make changes before the first day of school is August 8th.
After registration is complete, you will receive an email with a link to the Parent Resource Guide. Please thoroughly read this document, as it contains answers to most questions, as well as includes site-specific information. If you have a question that is not answered in the guide, or if you have any further questions/concerns, please email ykids@ocymca.org.
Payments will be drafted on the 1st of each month, beginning September 1, 2025.