Kendrick YMCA of Central Texas
A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76711
1801 Kendrick Ln, Waco, Texas 76711. (254) 776-6612.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in McLennan County: 6
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 13, 2026: no violation found.
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 inspection on Apr 30, 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 May 16, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on May 16, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 30, 2026: inspection1 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
“Two of the children left the classroom and started walking down the hall without the caregivers’ knowledge. This was corrected when a caregiver was told that the children had left and the caregiver went and got the children.”
Apr 28, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“The children did not wash hands after coming inside from outdoor play.”
May 16, 2025: report to the state2 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
“During the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence found to show that a child in care was left alone on the playground.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“During the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence found to show that when a child was left on a playground, the incident was not reported to Child Care Regulation within two days as required.”
Nov 14, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
“The operation did not have a menu for snack posted.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Assessment | No violation found |
| May 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 23, 2015.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 60 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kendrick YMCA of Central Texas This child care provider | 5 |
| Christiana Berry | Not given |
| This Little Piggy Academy Infant Center | 9 |
| Thurman E Dorsey Head Start Eoac | 20 |
| Country Child Care | 0 |
| Little Rockets | 2 |
| Waco Child Development Center | 14 |
| Waco Child Development Infant | 5 |
| Marla Adams | 0 |
| Baylor Child Development Ctr | 4 |
| Connally Isd Child Care | 28 |
| Deanna Horn | 0 |
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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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