Hearth Record

Kinder Shine Academy

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77449

19214 Clay Rd, Katy, Texas 77449. (281) 858-1680.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Texas’s own record is on its child care search.

The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 28, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible, at the inspection on Oct 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Aug 11, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Aug 11, 2026

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

12 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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
Source:

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.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 15, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible

    “During the walkthrough it was observed that one of the infants was asleep in a restrictive device for less than 5 minutes. Note: Observed the caregiver move the child to the crib.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 15, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “During the walkthrough of the operation it was observed that two of the cribs had unfitted sheets.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2026.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

    “While conducting a walkthrough of the operation it was observed that an infant was in the crib sleeping with a bottle. Note: Observed the caregiver remove the bottle from the crib.”

    Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 15, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2026.

Oct 2, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “While conducting a walkthrough of the operation, it was observed that there was only one caregiver to 5 infants. Specified age group 11 months.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2026.

  • Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Never Allow Toddlers to Sleep or Walk With Bottles and Training Cups

    “While conducting a walkthrough of the operation, it was observed that a toddler was walking around with a bottle in their mouth.”

    Rule 746.2505(4)(C). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2026.

Aug 11, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Based on the information obtained by DFPS, there is sufficient evidence to substantiate that a caregiver pinched children as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “Based on the information obtained by DFPS, the operation was aware of an incident where a caregiver used inappropriate discipline, but a report was not made to Child Care Regulation.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

May 6, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “There was a circular hole in the wall of the PreK classroom observed during inspection.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: May 12, 2026.

Jan 9, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The fire marshal inspection expired in November 06, 2025.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 18, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required

    “Two caregivers were missing the training hours requirement in Guidance and discipline.”

    Rule 746.1309(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2026.

Jan 7, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “Based on information obtained during the investigation, the caregiver pinched children while in care.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2026.

Sep 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The fire marshall inspection expired on 01/17/2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 18, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 18, 2024.

All 19 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 15, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 30, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 11, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
May 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 9, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 7, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 11, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 15, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 23, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 21, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 4, 2015.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 83 children.
Source:

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.
  • 6 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 12.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Texas Kids Learning Center4
Mary Morales Child Care Home7
Ha Le0
Bertha Valdes3
Holy Covenant Cdc0
Wendy Mazariego3
Kathleen Dufour0
Kinder Shine Academy This child care provider12
Texas Kids Childcare19
Rayshell ButlerNot given
Golbow Elementary YMCA0
Svitlana ZievakinaNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Texas HHSC or Texas Workforce Commission. Texas’s own record is on its child care search. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

1 of 4

Every fact names its source.

Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

Sign in

A free account keeps your watch list, shortlists, comparisons and saved searches on every device, and can email you when something you watch changes. Browsing never needs one.