Joy Learning Palace Child Care
A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76103
2512 Oakland Blvd Ste 5, Fort Worth, Texas 76103. (817) 531-2401.
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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 Tarrant County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 17, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions, at the inspection on May 29, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities - Not interfere with an inspection or investigation, at the inspection on May 29, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. 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.
May 29, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
“An individual with a provisional background check was observed to be left in charge of a group of children, against the conditions of the background check.”
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Responsibilities - Not interfere with an inspection or investigation
“A caregiver gave the wrong name when asked by CCR resulting in the lack of a deficency.”
May 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“I observed the infant classroom with 9 children and one caregiver with a specified age group of 12-17m. After transitioning several children, there was 6 children with one caregiver and a specified age group of 12-17m. The 6th child went to therapy within a few minutes, then was transitioned up a class to get the infant room in ratio.”
Jul 22, 2024: inspection9 deficiencies
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“Caregiver in the toddler/pre-K room was observed on her personal device twice.”
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Caregivers in the infant room did not have current required training.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“Infant Class was observed with 1 caregiver and 5 infants with a specified age group of 0-11months”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“A 14 month old child was observed in a classroom with a 4 year old child.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age
“4 cribs were observed in the infant classroom with 5 non walking infants.”
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Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets
“3 cribs were observed to have sheet not properly fitted to the mattress.”
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Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
“Multiple infant was observed in a classroom with the ratio reduced for naptime.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“1 Child’s record was observed to not have a health statement from a medical proffesional.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“3 Children’s records did not have immunization records.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 23, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The provider did not report the number of employees who left the facility in 2022.”
Mar 25, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“This standard was evaluated in regards to a report and found deficient. A child had a scratch and bruise mark on his buttocks and his back and the operation did not informed the parent of the injury.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 29, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 28, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 8, 2014.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 51 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.
- 2 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Joy Learning Palace Child Care This child care provider | 12 |
| Shining Scholars Preparatory Academy | 4 |
| Lil Hoppers Learning Center | 6 |
| Cains Love & Care Learning Center | 3 |
| Nhung Nguyen | 5 |
| Latesha Monique Alexander | 1 |
| Angels From Heaven Childcare | 1 |
| Saint Timothy Cumberland | 7 |
| Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA | 0 |
| Jami Robertson | 11 |
| Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare | 0 |
| St. Philip Preschool | 23 |
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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