Dimples Childcare Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77028

6720 Homestead Rd, Houston, Texas 77028. (832) 298-9621.

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The short answer

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

31 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
15 inspections on record
4-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 31 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

31 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 1, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height, at the inspection on Oct 21, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information, at the inspection on Oct 21, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on Oct 21, 2025

3 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

31 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

31 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 1, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

“1 staff member who has been an employee since 2022 is missing the Health and Safety Audit annual trainings for Administering Medications, Hazardous Materials and Food Allergies.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.
Safety Requirements for Wading Pools - Stored Out of Children’s Reach

“A children’s inflatable wading pool is stored on the playground making it accessible to children.”

Rule 746.5013(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.
Required Personnel Records - Current Driver’s License

“1 out of 4 staff files missing a copy of a photo identification. Note: this was corrected at inspection when a copy of the ID was made.”

Rule 746.901(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026.
Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

“1 out of 4 staff files is missing documentation showing how the employee meets the minimum age and education qualifications.”

Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 3, 2026.
Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

“2 out of 4 staff files is missing documentation showing the dates of the first day on the job.”

Rule 746.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 3, 2026.

May 12, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“2 children in high chairs were unfastened. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver fastened the safety straps.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2026.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“Present on the playground is a wooden border that has come apart and poses a tripping hazard. The grass on the playground needs to be cut.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: May 13, 2026.
Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play - Infant Birth to 12 Months

“The infant written activity plan and daily schedule does not reflect outdoor time opportunities for infants.”

Rule 746.2206(1)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: May 13, 2026.

Oct 21, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height

“Two children under 4’9” were riding in the general purpose vehicle without a booster seat.”

Rule 746.5607(e)(4)(A). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

“1 out of 4 children transported is missing the emergency medical authorization form.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

“2 out of 2 transportation vehicles had non-working fire extinguishers with the needle in the red.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

“A first aid kit for 1 transportation vehicle was incomplete, missing the thermometer and scissors . Note: this was corrected at inspection when the driver added the items to the first aid kit.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025.
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

“2 out of 2 transportation vehicles, purchased or leased on or after December 31, 2013, is not working or maintained according to the manufacturer’s instructions.”

Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

“Two children were eating breakfast with screen time. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned off the tv.”

Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025.

Jul 8, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

“1 out of 4 staff files missing transportation training for caregivers that transport.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“2 out of 4 staff missing one hour in abuse/neglect; 4 out of 4 staff missing SIDS/ Shaken baby/ early child brain development; 3 out of 4 missing emergency preparedness; 4 out of 4 missing communicable disease; 3 out of 4 missing administering medication; 3 out of 4 missing food allergy; 4 out of 4 missing building safety; 3 out of 4 missing hazardous materials.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“1 infant is missing a written feeding instructions form. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the parent filled out a form.”

Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

The inspectors’ words, 119 words
“The operational policies is missing: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play; (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor; (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation; (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place; (E) The recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to participate freely and safely in physical activities; and (F) The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play; and (G) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

The inspectors’ words, 275 words
“Operational policies missing information for a parent or guardian of a child at a child care facility has the right to: (1) enter and examine the child care facility during the facility’s hours of operation without advanced notice; (3) receive inspection reports for the child care facility and information about how to access the facility’s online compliance history; (4) obtain a copy of the child care facility’s policies and procedures; (5) review, at the request of the parent or guardian, the facility’s: (A) staff training records; and (B) any in-house staff training curriculum used by the facility; (6) review the child care facility’s written records concerning the parent’s or guardian’s child; (7) inspect any video recordings of an alleged incident of abuse or neglect involving the parent’s or guardian’s child, provided that: (A) video recordings of the alleged incident are available; (B) the parent or guardian of the child does not retain any part of the video recording depicting a child that is not their own; and (C) the parent or guardian of any other child captured in the video recording receives written notice from the facility before allowing a parent to inspect a recording; (8) have the child care facility comply with a court order preventing another parent or guardian from visiting or removing the parent’s or guardian’s child; (9) be provided the contact information for the child care facility’s local Child Care Regulation office; (10) file a complaint against the child care facility by contacting the local Child Care Regulation office; and (11) be free from any retaliatory action by the child care facility for exercising any of the parent’s or guardian’s rights.”

Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.
Documentation of Drills

“The center is missing documentation of emergency drills.”

Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“2 out of 4 children files missing immunization records.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.
Required Personnel Records

The inspectors’ words, 109 words
“Missing the following records at the child-care center for one staff file: Documentation showing the dates of the first day on the job; Documentation showing how the employee meets the minimum age and education qualifications; A notarized Affidavit for Applicants for Employment; A Pre-Employment Affidavit for Applicants for Employment at Certain Child Care Operations (Form 2912); A statement signed and dated by the employee showing he has received a copy of the child-care center’s: (A)Operational policies; A statement signed and dated by the employee verifying the date the employee attended training during orientation that includes an overview of your policy on the prevention, recognition, and reporting of child maltreatment.”

Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2025.

May 13, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System

“The tracking system for each child coming and going from your child-care center throughout the day was not maintained for all children attending care. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director updated the daily log sheet.”

Rule 746.631(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“A tv was playing cartoons in the infant room with children under 2 years old. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned off the tv.”

Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2025.

Aug 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

“The center’s director owes 2-hour training for transportation.”

Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2024.

Aug 1, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System

“The operation needs a carbon monoxide detector installed.”

Rule 746.5531. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2024.
Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

“The center’s director owes 2-hour training for transportation.”

Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2024.
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

“Three infants were napping in the same room as seven preK children ages 3-4 years old. The youngest being 12months old and the oldest being 4 years old, more than 18 month gap.”

Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2024.
Adequate Lighting During Naptime

“The lighting in the infant room was low enough that the caregiver was not seen sitting on the floor during nap time. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director turned on the hallway light that adequately illuminated the infant room through the hallway windows.”

Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2024.
Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

“The center last completed a gas leak inspection on 11/10/2021.”

Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The policy for promotion of physical activities needs to be developed in the parent handbook.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years

Aug 28, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

“A 15”x9” hole in the wall is present and within reach, located in the computer room used by the school-age children.”

Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2023.
Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“2 out of 2 caregiver files is missing required topics: Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medications, Hazardous Materials, Food Allergies, Building and Premises Safety, Communicable Diseases.”

Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2023.
Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

“The director has 30 hours of annual training completed, however missing required topics: Administering Medications, Hazardous Materials, Food Allergies, Building and Premises Safety, Communicable Diseases, SIDS/Abusive head trauma/Shaken Baby/Early Child Development.”

Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2023.

Sep 15, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child

“The operation did not have the children’s parents information or emergency telephone numbers in the blinder they carry during transportation.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2022.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“On the playground the back gate has a hole in the fence this leads to the street on the side of the building.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2022.
Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“The operation did not have any loose-fill surfacing material under the moving equipment.”

Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 12, 2022.

All 18 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 1, 2026	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
May 12, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Feb 12, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 28, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 21, 2025	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Jul 22, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 8, 2025	Inspection	8 deficiencies cited
May 13, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 6, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Feb 6, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 30, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 9, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 1, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Jul 25, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Aug 28, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Sep 15, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Dec 28, 2021	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 23, 2021	Report to the state	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 2, 2017.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 40 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.
3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).

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 31.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Dimples Childcare Learning Center This child care provider	31
Lil One’s Daycare Emporium 2	31
Peggy Branford Daycare	1
Bethany Christian Academy	29
Patricia Ann Kemp	5
Zeola Jones	Not given
Academy of Little Achievers, LLC	78
Future Stars Learning Place	10
Klever Kids Childcare & Academy	6
Tamika Libra Ferrell	1
B’s Children World Academy	21
Demetrise L. Brown	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

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).
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).
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).
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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Replies

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