Little America Daycare
A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76131
933 Ranch Rd, Fort Worth, Texas 76131. (817) 306-5633.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 18 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 21 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?
18 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
21 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 24, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2024
2 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
18 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Feb 28, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Infant Daily Report - Times and Amount of Food
“The amount of food ate by the child was not communicated with parents.”
Apr 16, 2024: inspection17 deficiencies
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Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger
“The operational policies did not contain a safe sleep policy.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children
“There is no list of children being transported on the vehicle used for transportation.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
“The operation did not have emergency medical transport nor treatment authorization form for one child being transported on the bus.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“The bus used for transportation did not have a fire extinguisher.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“1 of the 10 children’s records reviewed did not have the medical emergency consent documented.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“The annual training was not complete for the 3 of the 10 caregiver files reviewed.”
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Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
“The director did not have the required annual training hours for SIDS and shaken baby syndrome.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“The safety straps on infant feeding table were not buckled while in use by children.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“The caregivers did not wash the children’s hands after changing their diaper. This occurred in multiple classrooms.”
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Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over
“The Television in PreK 4 classroom was not secured or anchored to a wall.”
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Written Activity Plans
“The operation did not have any written activity plans for licensing to review.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Two of the infants feeding forms were not updated in the last 30 days.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Cleaned and Sanitized Between Each Use
“The caregivers were not sanitizing cups and bottles in between use. The cups and bottles are washed in the classroom but are not sanitized.”
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Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
“The operations policies did not contain a promotion of or a time frame for indoor and outdoor physical activities.”
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Written Operational Policies - Providing & Applying Insect Repellant and Sunscreen
“The operational policies did not have a procedure for applying insect repellent or sunscreen.”
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Children’s Records Maintained
“6 of the 10 children’s records that were evaluated by licensing were not completed nor maintained.”
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Required Personnel Records
“The operation did not have the transportation drivers personnel file on record for licensing to review.”
18 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 27, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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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 did not have physical proximity to children while they were in the restroom, as a result it was an inappropriate interaction between children.”
Jun 21, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“It was observed the two toddler groups out of ratio. It was observed 13 children ages of 2 years old to 3 years old with one caregiver. It was observed 14 children ages of 14 months to 3 years old with one caregiver.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - Combining Ages With 12 or Fewer Children
“In a group of children the youngest child was 14 months old and the older child was 36 months, the children were 22 months apart.”
Jun 20, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - Opening and Closing with 12 or Fewer Children
“It was found the toddlers room to be over ratio when the operation adjusts ratios when combining children under 17 months old with children over 18 months old.”
May 9, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
“Infants were observed sitting on a swing for more than 15 minutes.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Enough Available to Prevent Competition
“Shelves were observed empty during the inspection, toys and supplies were not available to the children. The toys and supplies were inside locked cabinets.”
Sep 16, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“Director did report and incident that involved a parent concern regarding mistreatment of a child. Follow Up 9/16/2022: Director understood the importance of reporting incident that placed a child at risk, however during the follow up inspection all deficiencies were not back in compliance.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Children’s Names and Ages
“Caregivers unable to provide information of the children under their care. A caregiver was unable to tell names and age of the children. The infant teacher provide a number of children under her care, when counted again the caregiver it was an extra child in her room that put the caregiver out of ratio, Follow up 9/16/2022: Caregivers did not know the number of children and age of the children they were responsible.”
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Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer’s Instructions
“Children were observed playing with balls while walking up and down the slides.”
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Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
“Caregivers did not have accessible, electronic or paper information about the children they were responsible.”
Sep 2, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Infant Care Area - Able to See, Hear and Intervene
“It was observed three bouncers in front of infant playpen while the infant was not asleep, the caregiver was not able to see the infant.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Children’s Names and Ages
“Caregivers unable to provide information of the children under their care. A caregiver was unable to tell names and age of the children. The infant teacher provide a numer of children under her care, when counted again the caregiver it was an extra child in her room that put the caregiver out of ratio,”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Children in Control
“Children were observed out control, children were runnig aorund, not listening to the teacher in charge and caregiver was contantly raising her voice.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“It was observed five infants under the age 14mo with one caregiver.”
Sep 1, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“Director did report and incident that involved a parent concern regarding mistreatment of a child.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to report an incident that involved concerns about a child mistreatment.”
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Discipline - Appropriate to Child’s Level of Understanding
“A child was not discipline according to the understanding level of the child, a child expressed that he was pulled by his clothes by a caregiver.”
Jun 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“Director did not complete 30 hours of annual trainings.”
All 28 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | 17 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 23, 2014.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 110 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 18.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little America Daycare This child care provider | 18 |
| Alphabest @ Nance Elementary - Northwest | 14 |
| Mary Ann’s Childcare | 0 |
| Primrose School of NW Fort Worth | 9 |
| Timathea Griffith | 9 |
| The Goddard School of Fort Worth | 9 |
| Northwest YMCA Copper Creek Elementary | 5 |
| Alphabest @ Berkshire- Northwest | 10 |
| YMCA Gililland Elementary | 6 |
| Margie Davis | 16 |
| YMCA Hatley Elementary | 13 |
| Arica Busby | Not given |
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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