Amber Care Daycare & Learning Center

A licensed child care home in Katy, Texas 77494

24503 Cornell Park Ln, Katy, Texas 77494. (832) 520-8544.

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The short answer

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

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: Medium 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Dec 1, 2025: 6 deficiencies cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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.

Dec 1, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

“Primary caregiver’s 30 clock hours of training was not made avalibel for review.”

Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2025.
Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The wood fence in the backyard on the right side the fence the top board and bottom board was observed to be broken.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 2, 2026. Correction verified: Dec 23, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

“8 out of 8 children’s records evaluated did not have the parent’s rights form in the file.”

Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2025.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“1 out of 8 children’s records evaluated did not have the health statement in the file.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 2, 2026. Correction verified: Dec 18, 2025.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

“Safety Drills were not made available for review.”

Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2025.
Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)

“Primary caregivers file evaluated did not the preemployment affidavit for review.”

Rule 747.1207(7). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2025.

Dec 5, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Special topics for children under 24 months

“The primary caregiver cares for children under 24 months and did not complete training for sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby syndrome.”

Rule 747.1309(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

“Two outlets inside the home were uncovered in areas that are accessible to children.”

Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2024.

12 deficiencies older than three years

Jan 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

“Cleaning supplies were located on a kitchen counter within a child’s reach. NOTE: The deficiency was corrected at inspection.”

Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2023.
Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

“Fire extinguisher was located inside a pantry on a shelf and not mounted.”

Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 2, 2023.

Apr 19, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Use of Safety Straps

“3 toddlers were sitting in bouncers being fed during lunch and were not strapped in,”

Rule 747.2307. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.
Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

“A tube of perscription ointment was found without child’s name on it.”

Rule 747.3605(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.
Children’s Records - Admission Information

“2 children’s admission forms were missing emergency contact’s information.”

Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2022. Correction verified: May 10, 2022.

Mar 9, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies

Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

“An 11 month old infant was observed to be in a bouncer for 45 minutes.”

Rule 747.2317(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Training Requirements for Caregivers- Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR

“CPR First aid expired for both the caregiver and assistant on 02/24/2022.”

Rule 747.1303(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“No child’s hands were observed to be washed after diapering procedures.”

Rule 747.3213(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Diapering Procedures- Sanitizing the Diapering Area

“The diapering surface was not sanitized between each child’s diaper change.”

Rule 747.3307(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Never Allow Toddlers to Sleep or Walk With Bottles and Training Cups

“An 18 month old child was observed to be laying in a bouncer drinking out of a cup.”

Rule 746.2505(4)(C). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“4 children under the age of two were observed to be watching the television.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“There was no infant feeding schedule for an 11 month old infant that is not yet eating table food.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2022.

All 8 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Dec 1, 2025	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2024	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jan 17, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 10, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 27, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Apr 19, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Mar 16, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 9, 2022	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 2, 2014.
Its permit has conditions.
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 8.

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
Amber Care Daycare & Learning Center This child care provider	8
YMCA Afterschool @ Jenks Elementary	2
The Learning Experience	13
Grace Child Care	2
Yorkshire Academy	4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School	12
Brooke’s Learning Corner	4
School in the Pines	2
Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program	7
Childrens Cottage Infant Center	11
Resurrection Lutheran Early Learning Center	5
Channelview I S D Children’s Center	4

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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