Promise Child Development Center
A licensed child care center in Waxahachie, Texas 75165
980 Garden Valley Pkwy, Waxahachie, Texas 75165. (972) 937-0488.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 11 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ellis County: 1
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 21 inspections on record
- Not star-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?
11 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 98 child care providers in Ellis County had 1.
21 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 25, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the inspection on Jun 17, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 16, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Apr 23, 2026
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
11 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“Children were sitting in the table not strapped in. This was corrected during the inspection, when brought to caregiver attention, children were strapped and fastened in.”
Jun 17, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“Director is not operating the operation in compliance.”
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“Classroom wall was not in good repair with a whole and exposed sheetrock. Walls appeared very worn.”
May 16, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Information obtained through interviews and observations indicated the caregiver did not demonstrate self-control when physically moving a child in a frustrating and inappropriate manner.”
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“Classroom wall was not in good repair with a whole and exposed sheetrock. Walls appeared very worn.”
Apr 23, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregiver failed to assess and respond appropriately to a child?s reported injury.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
“The operation failed to complete/document an incident report after being notified of the medical diagnosis.”
Sep 25, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“The director was not aware of a child in care with a diagnosed food allergy requiring an epi pen. The child had a food allergy plan on file at the operation.”
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver failed to demonstrate good judgment. The caregiver was aware that a child had a food allergy that required an epi pen and failed to inform management. The caregiver was also aware that the epi pen was stored in the child’s backpack which was retrieved by a child in care.”
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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 caregiver was not aware that a child obtained an Epi Pen from another child’s backpack while in care.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“A child in care retrieved an epi pen from another child’s backpack and stuck themselves with the epi pen’s injection point.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 26, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Two child out of 7 did not have the required health statement.”
Aug 2, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Pinching, Shaking, or Biting
“A caregiver unintentionally scratched a child’s arm when grabbing the child by the arm. This occurred when the caregiver redirected the child after the child pushed another child.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
“A caregiver did not use appropriate verbal redirection with a child and give the child time to respond during a moment of discipline when the child pushed another child.”
All 29 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 17, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 11, 2013.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 170 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 8 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 Oct 27, 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSI).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 98 child care providers in Ellis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 11.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Promise Child Development Center This child care provider | 11 |
| Carrie Finley | 0 |
| Ark of Friendship | 0 |
| Shackelford YMCA | 0 |
| Lafondas Kids | 2 |
| Condor Child Care | 6 |
| Future Generations Christian Child Care Center | 2 |
| Fire House Kids, LLC | 3 |
| Carla Regalado | 0 |
| YMCA @ Max Simpson Elementary | 0 |
| YMCA @ Marvin Elementary | 2 |
| Mini Scientist Academy | 0 |
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 Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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