Tien Thi Kim Dinh

A registered child care home in Garland, Texas 75040

2717 Wedgemere Dr, Garland, Texas 75040. (469) 274-1227.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

1 deficiency cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
4 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 1 visit on record, nothing cited. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 7, 2025: no violation found.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

1 visit on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Nov 30, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

“The operation fire extinguisher was observed to be empty.”

Rule 747.5107(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 30, 2023.

13 deficiencies older than three years

Jan 20, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plan

“The operation did not have a emergency preparedness plan available for review.”

Rule 747.501(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2022.
Storage for Individual Belongings

“The operation does not individual storage space for the children belongings.”

Rule 747.4305. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2022.
Personnel Records

“The primary caregiver did not have a personnel file available for review.”

Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 26, 2022.

Dec 16, 2021: inspection10 deficiencies

Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

“A 6 month old infant was observed to be sleeping in a bouncy chair”

Rule 747.2326. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plan

“The operation did not have a emergency preparedness plan available for review.”

Rule 747.501(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Smoke-Detection System

“Three rooms were observed without smoke detectors that the children use.”

Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 30, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Prohibited Equipment for Infants - Baby Walkers

“Observed a 6 month old infant in a baby walker.”

Rule 747.2315(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

“The operation does not have a non absorbent area for diaper changes.”

Rule 747.3303(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Install New Battery Annually

“The operation needs a new battery for the carbon monoxide detector.”

Rule 747.5337(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“The primary caregiver was missing 27 of the required annual training hours.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
First Aid Kit - Complete Kit

“The operation does not have a complte first aid kit.Missing guide, cotton balls, adhesive tape, antiseptic solution or wipes.”

Rule 747.3803(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Storage for Individual Belongings

“The operation does not individual storage space for the children belongings.”

Rule 747.4305. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.
Personnel Records

“The primary caregiver did not have a personnel file available for review.”

Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 30, 2021. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2022.

All 4 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 7, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 30, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 20, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2021	Inspection	10 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Apr 21, 2015.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 1.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Happy Days School	0
Lighthouse Bilingual Academy	0
Tien Thi Kim Dinh This child care provider	1
Prep Montessori Academy	2
Nieves Leticia Montoya	0
Mount Hebron Dcc	1
Latoya Dashe White	0
Primrose School of Firewheel	3
Launchpad Learning Center	5
Joyce Miller	Not given
Kristi Young	0
Bumblebee Little School	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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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