John E Uxer Head Start Site
A licensed child care center in El Paso, Texas 79924
9776 Kenworthy St Bldg A, El Paso, Texas 79924. (915) 791-4911.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 15 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in El Paso County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
15 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 14, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Controlling Person - Submit Controlling Person Form to Licensing within two days after a person becomes a controlling person. See TAC 745.901, at the inspection on Sep 14, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Aug 21, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the inspection on Apr 26, 2024
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Controlling Person - Submit Controlling Person Form to Licensing within two days after a person becomes a controlling person. See TAC 745.901
“In checking controlling person’s list, operation failed to notify CCR of a change in the controlling person.”
Feb 26, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Operation has two children with known food allergies who do not have food allergy emergency plans available for review.”
Aug 21, 2024: report to the state9 deficiencies
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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
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined by observing video footage that one caregiver who was counted in ratio fell asleep while caring for children during naptime.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver who was counted in ratio was observed on video footage to be using their cell phone multiple times on various days while caring for children.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that a caregiver greeted all children with a hug and kiss but excluded one child. This same caregiver was observed on video footage talking to someone else in a connecting room while one child in care is at the other end of the room crying.”
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Employee Handwashing Before Feeding a Child
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not wash their hands before feeding children in care.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not wash their hands after diapering children in care.”
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Employee Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not wash their hands after entering the operation from outdoor activities.”
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Children Handwashing Before Eating
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not have children wash their hands before eating.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not wash children’s hands after diapering.”
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Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“During a DFPS investigation, video footage was obtained, and it was determined that caregivers did not wash the hands of children after entering the operation from outdoor activities.”
Apr 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver was observed to pull children apart from each other and drag them across the floor, a few feet. In another instance, a caregiver is also observed to pull a child by their arm while the child is still sleeping after nap time”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver who was counted in ratio was on their cell phone while they were caring for children.”
Mar 4, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver was observed to pull children apart from each other and drag them across the floor, a few feet. In another instance, a caregiver is also observed to pull a child by their arm while the child is still sleeping after nap time”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver who was counted in ratio was on their cell phone while they were caring for children.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Report to the state | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 25, 1988.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 223 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 6 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 15.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Wee Care | 11 |
| John E Uxer Head Start Site This child care provider | 15 |
| Kims Day Care | 7 |
| Flying Colors Learning Center #5 | 6 |
| A Place to Grow III | 8 |
| Hollywood Kids Day Care | 8 |
| Paradise Learning Center | 8 |
| Nancys Daycare | 4 |
| Coras Day Care | 8 |
| Branon Head Start | 1 |
| Sun City Child Development Center | 20 |
| Ice Castles Too, Inc. Learning Center & Child Care | 13 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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