Clay Road Baptist Early Child Care
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77080
9151 Clay Rd, Houston, Texas 77080. (713) 939-1399.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 21 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 9 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 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?
21 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 5, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Apr 20, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Equipment - Allows Children To Fall Inside Structure Onto Other Parts, at the inspection on Dec 9, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger, at the inspection on Dec 9, 2025
6 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
21 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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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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.
Apr 20, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver with a pending background check was observed in a classroom caring for children. Caregiver was removed from the classroom.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
“A caregiver’s CPR/First Aid Certification expired on 2.2026.”
Dec 9, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Equipment - Allows Children To Fall Inside Structure Onto Other Parts
“The climbing structure on the outdoor playground allows children to fall inside of the structure on to metal bars.”
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Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger
“The parent handbook does not discuss the safe sleep policy. This was corrected during the inspection when the director added the safe sleep policy to the parent handbook.”
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Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram
“The diagram does not show the relocation or the shelter in place location.”
Nov 3, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The posted expired fire inspection is dated 10/2023.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The operation has not obtained a current fire inspection. The fire inspection on file was last performed on 10/2023”
Sep 22, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The posted expired fire inspection is dated 10/2023.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The operation has not obtained a current fire inspection. The fire inspection on file was last performed on 10/2023.”
Sep 4, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The posted expired fire inspection is dated 10/2023.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The operation has not obtained a current fire inspection. The fire inspection on file was last performed on 10/2023.”
Aug 19, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The posted expired fire inspection is dated 10/2023.”
Aug 1, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance
“The operation was not able to provide proof of the current liability insurance.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)
“A reviewed caregiver file did not have a pre affidavit form.”
Jul 18, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The posted expired fire inspection is dated 10/2023.”
Jun 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The fire inspection on file dated from 10/2023.”
Jun 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Operation Open to Parents At All Times
“The operation did not allow a parent to visit the center during the hours of operation.”
Sep 20, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Operation Open to Parents At All Times
“A parent was denied access to visit the childcare center.”
Jul 30, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Three caregivers were missing the following annual training topics: Emergency preparedness Preventing and responding to allergic reactions Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Three child records did not have all of the required food allergy emergency plan information on file.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“During the inspection I observed one medication to be expired for one child. One epinephrine injection has been expired since Februaryr of 2024.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“During the walkthrough of the playgroud I observed an opening in the fence with sharp edges.”
Aug 3, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
“During the inspection I observed the playground loose-fill material not to be maintained at the proper depth.”
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
“The operations emergency preparedness plan was found to be missing how to evacuate children under 24 months.”
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Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location
“The operation emergency evacuation diagram did not include the designated relocation site outside of the child care center.”
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Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside
“The operation emergency evacuation diagram does not include the designated location inside the child-care center where they will take shelter from threatening weather.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“2 out of 2 caregivers did not have all the required annual training topics.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“The two directors did not have all required annual training topics.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Assessment | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Assessment | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Assessment | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 4, 2014.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 153 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.
- 3 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 21.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| YMCA After School @ Pine Shadows | 16 |
| Clay Road Baptist Early Child Care This child care provider | 21 |
| St Jerome Early Childhood Ctr | 8 |
| Ana Hall | 10 |
| Dung Tran | 4 |
| Christian Academy of Little Saints | 7 |
| Aurora Ileana Cordon | 18 |
| The Arbor School | 6 |
| Spring Branch After-School Martial Arts | 10 |
| Creative Care - Blalock | 11 |
| Creative Care- Kempwood | 8 |
| Cinthia Rodas | 1 |
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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