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Zippity Zebras Licensed Child Care Center

A licensed child care center in Beaumont, Texas 77708

7425 Lawrence Dr, Beaumont, Texas 77708. (409) 347-7391.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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 95 child care providers in Jefferson County had 3.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Aug 26, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Aug 26, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points, at the inspection on Oct 8, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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

Aug 26, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone

    “The caregiver who was supervising the children during naptime did not have a background check on file.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “The director was not able to make the van alarm sound.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The sanitation inspection on file expired in February 2026.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “One out of five employee files did not have the signed and notarized affidavit on file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

Oct 8, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “A rotating tricycle ride was observed to have several broken seats. The broken seats can be a pinching hazard. Children must not have access to this piece of equipment until this can be repaired. A picture was taken.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

  • No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits

    “I observed several pieces of outdoor furniture in the hallway blocking the fire exit. A picture was taken.”

    Rule 746.5209(c). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “Both caregivers present durng the inspection did not have current First Aid/ CPR.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “Current transportation training was not available for the Director and caregiver who drives the operation’s vehicle.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2025.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Fire Drills have not been conducted for August and September.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “One newly hired caregiver did not have a personnel file available for evaluation.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

Oct 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One child’s record was lacking a preschool health statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “The diaper changing mat in the infant room was torn, exposing the underlying foam.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 12, 2023.

Oct 12, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “One caregiver did not have training in first aid with rescue breathing and choking available.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “One caregiver did not have training in CPR available.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

  • Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

    “One of eight infants did not have a daily sheet available. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022.

  • Sanitize Tables Tops, Furniture and Similar Equipment

    “One nap mat was torn, exposing the underlying foam. This was corrected at inspection when the director disposed of the mat.”

    Rule 746.3407(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One of four children records evaluated did not have a health statement available.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 26, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Aug 18, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 5, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 8, 2025Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Oct 9, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 12, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 12, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Mar 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 8, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 21, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 43 children.
Source:

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.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 95 child care providers in Jefferson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 11.
Source:

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

11 of the 95 in Jefferson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Zippity Zebras Licensed Child Care Center This child care provider11
Growing Roots Kids Academy3
Earth Angels Home Child Care13
Adventure Zone Kids Inc.6
Kaylea ChevalierNot given
The Anchor Early Learning Center5
Agape Tender Care0
School of Montessori Inc.4
Good Hope Baptist Church Cdc4
Bridgette Bowden5
Instruction Junction3
Star Academy2

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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