Lake Forest Childcare Inc.

A licensed child care home in McKinney, Texas 75071

3312 Timber Ridge Trl, McKinney, Texas 75071. (214) 592-0149.

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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 Collin County: 2
9 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
25 inspections on record
Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 31 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

25 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 30, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits, at the inspection on Sep 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Smoke Detectors Testing, at the report to the state on Sep 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers -Intervene to ensure each child’s safety, at the inspection on Sep 3, 2026

6 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 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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.

Sep 23, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits

“During the naptime at the operation, it was noted that the caregivers blocked the rear emergency exit for the operation with stacked tables.”

Rule 747.5011(c). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2026.
Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

“During the inspection, one outlet in the living and several in the office/classroom area did not have outlet covers installed.”

Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2026.
Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Two Exits from Each Room

“During the inspection, it was found that the operation did not have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram on file.”

Rule 747.5007(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2026.

Sep 21, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

Smoke Detectors Testing

“The operation had no record of installing new batteries in the smoke detector.”

Rule 747.5115. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2026.
Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“Children at the operation had access to dirty laundry, canisters of unlabeled laundry detergent, a dirty and ripped upholstered chair, and the backyard fence was in poor repair.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2026.

Sep 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Responsibilities of Caregivers -Intervene to ensure each child’s safety

“During the follow up inspection a caregiver was outside with a group of school age children while an infant and a toddler were left alone inside of the childcare home. When the caregiver arrived back inside of the home the infant was walking out of the classroom and down the hallway alone.”

Rule 747.1503(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2026.

Aug 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

“During the follow up inspection, the caregivers did not know the ages of several of the children in care.”

Rule 747.1503(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 25, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 3, 2026.

Aug 11, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

“During the inspection, the caregiver did not know the ages of several of the children in care.”

Rule 747.1503(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“During the inspection two children under 2 years old were observed watching a video on a laptop.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.

Jul 24, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

“During the inspection follow up inspection ,two outlets accessible to children did not have child safety outlet covers installed. This was corrected during the inspection when the director replaced the outlet covers.”

Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026.
Notification of Change in Space

“During the follow up inspection, one child was observed napping in unlicensed space in the home. This was corrected during the inspection when the child was removed from the space.”

Rule 747.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026.

Jul 16, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

“During the inspection, several outlets accessible to children did not have child safety outlet covers installed.”

Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2026.

Jul 9, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

AP Never exceed capacity of the home

“During the follow up inspection nineteen children were in care. The maximum capacity for the Licensed Childcare Home is twelve children. This was corrected during the inspection when eight children went home with their parent.”

Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“During the inspection an 18 month old child was observed watching a video. This was corrected during the inspection when the television was turned off.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026.

Jun 30, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

AP Never exceed capacity of the home

“During the inspection, fourteen children were in care. The maximum capacity for the Licensed Childcare Home is twelve children. This was corrected during the inspection when two children went home with their parent.”

Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2026.
Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Never Allow Toddlers to Sleep or Walk With Bottles and Training Cups

“During the inspection a toddler was asleep in a pack and play with a training cup in their mouth. This was corrected during the inspection when the training cup was removed from the child’s mouth.”

Rule 747.2405(4)(C). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2026.

Apr 24, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“The standard was evaluated for a standard investigation and is not compliant. The primary caregiver did not provide the victim’s admission information to confirm an emergency contact is noted and available to call when the parent cannot be reached when a child is placed at risk or becomes ill while in care.”

Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

“The standard was evaluated for standard investigation and is not compliant. An incident/illness report form was not provided to Child Care Regulations to confirm that the primary caregiver shared an incident/illness report with the victim’s parent.”

Rule 747.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.

Mar 11, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

“A child’s admission information did not list authorization for emergency medical attention acknowledged by a parent.”

Rule 747.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

“The operational policies did not list procedures for safe sleep.”

Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.
Household Members Qualifications - Orientation

“A household member does not have documentation acknowledging that a orientation is complete.”

Rule 747.1401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2026.
Written Operational Policies - Recommended Clothing and Footing

“The operational policies did not list duration of indoor and outdoor physical activities.”

Rule 747.501(8)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2026.
Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child

“A child that attends public school did not the public school information on file.”

Rule 747.605(13). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training

“The staff records were not available during this visit.”

Rule 747.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2026.

Feb 24, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

Prohibited Equipment for Infants - Baby Walkers

“A young child was observed utilizing a walker. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when CCR brought it to management attention that the walker is prohibited. The provider immediately moved the young child from the walker and placed the young child on the floor to engage in floor time. The walker was removed from the activity area.”

Rule 747.2315(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 24, 2026.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“3 children younger than 24 months were observed engaging in screen time activities. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver turned off the screen and transtion the children to floor time activities.”

Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 24, 2026.
Children’s Records - Admission Information

“A child’s admission information was not on file or available to review upon request.”

Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2026.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“A child did not have immunization records on file.”

Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2026.

Apr 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“There was one wooden slat missing on the backyard fence and a piece of a wooden slat that was missing at the bottom of the fence on another part of the backyard fence.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.

Jun 5, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

Required Immunizations

“Two of the four children records reviewed were missing immunization records.”

Rule 747.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 21, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.
Required Health Statement

“Two of the four children records reviewed were missing health statements.”

Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 21, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years

Jun 22, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The Children Product Certification form was not updated. The Chidlren Product Certification form was last completed September 10, 2021.”

Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2023.

Mar 4, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Nighttime Requirements - Visible Exits

“Upon arriving inside of the home, the front exit pathway was not visible. Visibility of the exit pathways are pertinent to evaluate during an emergency. The provider corrected the deficiency during the inspection by turning on lighting that allows the front exit pathway visible.”

Rule 747.3007(1). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2023.

Dec 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Children’s Records - Admission Information

“A child that was present did not have admission information on file.”

Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2022.

Dec 2, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

Additional Responsibilities of Caregivers - Free from Other Activities Not Directly Involving Teaching, Care and Supervision

“The standard was evaluated for an investigation and was found not to be in compliance. Based on the interviews with staff, the provider did not supervise young children appropriately but instead handled administrative duties which allowed a child to touch another child inappropriately during naptime.”

Rule 747.1501(c)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2022.

Jul 27, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

“A little tikes slide is cracked and has sharp edges that may cause a child’s skin to be punctured-photos were taken.”

Rule 747.4401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.
Posting Requirements-Inspection Report

“The most recent licensing inspector report was not available.”

Rule 747.401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.
Posting Requirements-Keeping Children Safe Poster

“The required posting was not available.”

Rule 747.401(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.
Posting Requirements-Telephone Numbers

“The emergency telephone number list was not available.”

Rule 747.401(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.
Children’s Records Accessible - to Licensing

“Admission information was not accessible for two children that were present.”

Rule 747.601(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training

“CPR and First Aid training certificates for the provider and the substiute caregiver were not available to review.”

Rule 747.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2022.

All 33 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 30, 2026	Inspection	Outcome pending
Oct 13, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 2, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 23, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Sep 21, 2026	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Sep 17, 2026	Inspection	Outcome pending
Sep 3, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 25, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 11, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jul 24, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jul 16, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jul 9, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jul 9, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 30, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Apr 24, 2026	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Mar 19, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 18, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Mar 11, 2026	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Feb 24, 2026	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Feb 21, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 6, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 23, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 6, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 5, 2024	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jun 22, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Mar 4, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 14, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 5, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 2, 2022	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Aug 10, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 27, 2022	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Jun 23, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Dec 23, 2021	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jun 13, 2016.
Its permit has conditions.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 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.
8 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?

Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSA).

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 31.

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

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Gabriels Little Angels Preschool	0
Heritage Learning Center	2
Alphabest @ Baker ? Prosper	6
Lake Forest Childcare Inc. This child care provider	31
Alphabest @ Hughes ? Prosper	0
Christin Cho	Not given
Little Giants Daycare	0
Sprouts Preschool	3
Little Gems Montessori	5
Mother Hen Daycare	3
Goddard School	1
Ivy Vine Preschool	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

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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