Joy Caka

A registered child care home in Houston, Texas 77018

1410 Ebony Ln, Houston, Texas 77018. (713) 301-1639.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
3 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: Medium. Every month

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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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

3 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 18, 2025: 4 deficiencies cited.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

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.

Jul 18, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“While reviewing the trainings, 26 of the 30 hours were reviewed.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“Two children under two years old were observed participating in screen time activity. This was corrected when the screen was turned off and a musical activity was provided.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2025.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“Two infants did not have a record of written feeding instructions signed by a parent on file.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2025.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

“The operation did not have a record of the emergency drills for 2025.”

Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2025.

6 deficiencies older than three years

Jul 25, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired

“Backyard play area had a shovel and a ladder out in the open. Corrected: When the permit holder place the shovel and the ladder in a locked shed.”

Rule 747.4407(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

“Emergency preparedness plan documentations was not available.”

Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 7, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2023.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“Fire drill documentations was not up to date for June and July. Corrected: this was corrected at inspection when permit holder filled out the form.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“Children age two years old was watching Paw Patrol on T.V. Corrected: When the permit holder turned the TV off.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“Children s products certification form was not available. Corrected: When CCR provided permit holder the form and it was filled out.”

Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023.

Jan 18, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Exemptions for Immunization Requirements Must Meet Criteria Specified by DSHS

“The immunization exemption form was not renewed after the two year period prior to inspection. The exemption form was signed and notarized on 10/19/2019.”

Rule 746.615(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2022.

All 3 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 18, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Jul 25, 2023	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Jan 18, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 8, 1988.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 4.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Joy Caka This child care provider	4
The Little Learning Place	5
St Matthews Cdc	22
St Rose of Lima	2
Kidventure After School @ St. Rose of Lima	7
Children Today	71
Sproutstart Academy	10
Goswami Academy	14
Primrose School of Garden Oaks	12
Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest	10
Village Montessori	45
Oak Forest Academy	26

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

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).
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).
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).
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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