New Beginnings Childcare Academy
A licensed child care center in Abilene, Texas 79606
3451 Silver Oaks Dr, Abilene, Texas 79606. (325) 437-4359.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 22 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Taylor County: 2
- 11 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 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?
22 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 74 child care providers in Taylor County had 2.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 12, 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 report to the state on Jun 5, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Jun 5, 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 Jun 2, 2026
8 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
22 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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.
Jun 5, 2026: report to the state5 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
“It was determined through the DFPS investigation that a child was left unsupervised outside for a period of 22 minutes.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“It was determined through the course of the DFPS investigation that the operation did not notify a parent immediately of a situation that placed a child at risk.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“It was determined through the review of video footage during the DFPS investigation that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“It was determined through the review of video footage during the DFPS investigation that a caregiver did not wash a child’s hands after diapering the child.”
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Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
“It was determined through the review of video footage during the DFPS investigation that a caregiver did not sanitize the diaper changing surface after diapering a child.”
Jun 2, 2026: 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
“It was determined through the course of the DFPS investigation that 2 children in care exited the premises of the daycare unsupervised.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“It was determined through the course of DFPS investigation that the operation did not notify parents immediately of 2 children that were involved in a situation that placed the children at risk for injury or harm.”
Mar 23, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Through the review of video surveillance, a caregiver was observed open handed hitting a child on their arm in an effort to discipline the child.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“Through the review a video surveillance a caregiver was observed using their personal cell phone to take selfies, text and watch videos while supervising children in care.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
“Through the review of video surveillance, it was determined that a 2-year-old child was made to sit in time out for a period of 16 minutes.”
Mar 3, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“Through the review of video surveillance, it was determined that a caregiver forced a child to lay down to rest by pushing down on the child’s chest in an effort to make the child lay on their mat.”
Nov 6, 2025: 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
“It was determined through the course of the investigation that a child in care was left unattended on the playground.”
Oct 21, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“A 4 month old was observed sleeping in the crib on a boppy pillow. This was corrected at inspection when the boppy pillow was removed from the crib bringing the operation into compliance.”
Oct 15, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“An 6 month old infant was observed sleeping in a swing. This was corrected at inspection when the infant was moved to their crib bringing the operation into compliance.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“It was determined through video surveillance that a caregiver in the infant room was using their cell phone for personal use while supervising infants alone.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“It was determined through the course of the investigation that the infant room has not maintained proper ratio.”
Sep 17, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“2 caregiver files reviewed, that have been employed longer than 90 days, did not have a current CPR certification.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“2 infants in the infant room were not buckled into the kidney bean toddler table. This was corrected at inspection when the children were buckled in.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The operation had not conducted a fire drill since July 2025.This was corrected at inspection when the operation conducted a fire drill bringing the operation into compliance.”
May 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A caregiver in the 4 yr old room stated there were 18 children in the classroom when there were 17 children in the classroom.”
May 1, 2024: 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
“It was determined through the course of the investigation that a caregiver was under the influence of alcohol while supervising children alone for approximately 1 hour.”
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No Alcohol or Controlled Substances Consumed
“It was determined through the course of the investigation that a caregiver consumed alcohol on the premises of the daycare.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation was lacking an updated annual health inspection.”
Dec 28, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“A child that has a food allergy to eggs was lacking an emergency allergy plan signed by both the parent and the physician. There is no documentation in the child’s file that indicates the child is no longer allergic to eggs.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The loose-fill surfacing under the playground structure was not maintained at a depth of at least 6 inches.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“Infant feeding instructions for infants not yet on table food were not updated in the 30 day required time frame.”
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Documentation of Drills
“A fire drill was not documented for the month of November 2022. This was corrected at inspection when the center conducted a fire drill during the inspection.”
Jan 31, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Children Handwashing Before Eating
“In the infant room ages 10-17 months old did not have their hands washed prior to eating lunch.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“A food allergy plan was not available for a child who has a doctor diagnosed food allergy to spinach.”
All 29 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Report to the state | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 1, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 10, 2015.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 106 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.
- 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 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 74 child care providers in Taylor County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 22.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Amber’s Angels Family Child Care | 0 |
| New Beginnings Childcare Academy This child care provider | 22 |
| Alliance After School Care at Bassetti | 3 |
| Alliance After School Care at Ward | 1 |
| Kids of Faith Learning Center | 13 |
| Pup Academy Staff Daycare | 6 |
| Sara Michela Brau | 0 |
| Brenda Jones | Not given |
| Amanda Marie Guillory | 2 |
| Lisa-Marie Gill | 0 |
| Brigette Bailey | 1 |
| Mentoring Alliance After School - Dyess | 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 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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