Love & Art Childcare Corp.
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77082
3505 S Dairy Ashford Rd Ste 100, Houston, Texas 77082. (832) 921-1323.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 11 inspections on record
- 2-Star 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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 1, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children, at the inspection on May 7, 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 Jul 29, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | 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.
Oct 1, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired
“There are open gaps in different areas of the unitary surfacing squares on the outdoor place space that pose a tripping hazard.”
May 7, 2026: inspection8 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
“During the duration of the inspection, caregivers were heard from another room loudly telling children to be quite and watch tv. At one point during the inspection, a caregiver was heard telling a child to be quiet then continued by stating” you talk, talk talk,talk talk too much.” The caregiver “shushed” the child then used their fingers to gesture to the child to zip their lips twice. Later, the caregiver was heard “shushing” children again putting their finger on their lip and telling children to be quiet.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“2 caregivers in charge were not aware of the ages of the children in their care. One caregiver began to state the ages of children but then began to ask each child their age. One child was asked how old their were in Spanish and the child did not understand the questions.”
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Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“Rat droppings were observed in the glove compartment on of the vehicles used by children. The contents of a the first aid kit were loose in the glove compartment and lying on the droppings.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
“15 child safety seats were observed to be expired on 3 of the vans used to transport children. 1 car seat with back, expired 2015. 14 booster seats between 2013 and 2022.”
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Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities
“Screen time was not observed to be related to a planned activity on the written plan. NOTE: None of the activities written on the plan included screentime.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
“Upon arrival, at 6:49 children were observed watchinig tv. Children were still observed watching tv for the duation of the inspection until the last child left at 8:51pm, exceeding the one hr limit for screentime.”
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First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit
“First aid kits on 2 of the 3 vehicles used were incomplete. Both were missing antiseptic solution and one did not have a working thermometer. NOTE: Corrected at inspection All items were placed in the first aid kit”
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Documentation of Drills
“Fire and shelter in place drills were not properly documented. Fire drills did not incidicate the start and end time of the drill. Shelter in place drills did not indicate they type of drill incidated. It is doucmented that a shelter drill was conducted each year 2025 but only 4 fire drills were conducted in 2025. For the 2026 period only 1 fire inspection is documented”
Jul 29, 2024: report to the state3 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
“A caregiver who released a child to a different parent did not ensure the well being of that child.”
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Policies for Release of Children Instruct Employees of Verification Plan
“From the video caregiver who release a child did not verify the identity of that parent before releasing a child to another parent.”
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Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion
“There is nothing in the operational policies that stated that a child will be disenrolled if any child has no footing on.”
10 deficiencies older than three years
May 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“One caregiver counted in ratio in the infant room has not received eligibility before being allowed to be in the classroom with five infants. Caregiver was removed from the classroom.”
May 22, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
“There was no record of preservice training on file for one caregiver who was counted in ratio in the infant room.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“One caregiver counted in ratio in the infant room did not have current first aid and CPR training.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“I obseved that two infants feeding sheets where not updated.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“There was no proof of education on file for one staff record checked.”
Aug 16, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
“Acknowledgement of orientation was missing on file for one out of four staff records checked. This was corrected during inspection.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“Current first aid and Cpr training was missing on file for two out of four files checked.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“Proof of education was missing on file for two out of four records checked. This was corrected during inspection.”
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Required Admission Information - Date of Admission
“Date of admission was missing on file for one out of eight fiiles checked. This was corrected durig inspection.”
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Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment
“Date of employment was missing on file for two out of four files checked. This was corrected during inspection.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 7, 2026 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 24, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 22, 2023 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 30, 2014.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 89 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.
- 7 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
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 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Love & Art Childcare Corp. This child care provider | 12 |
| La Casita De Munecas | 1 |
| Little Thinkers of West Oaks, LLC | 49 |
| Us Academy | 18 |
| Huong Thanh Lela | 0 |
| Tick Tots Around the Clock LLC | 11 |
| Living Word Academy | 47 |
| Early Discovery Montessori Academy | 9 |
| Al Hadi School | 4 |
| Cuc Vo | 2 |
| Angelique Harwell | 1 |
| Brainy Bees Childcare Center | 15 |
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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