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Smart Kids Child Care

A licensed child care home in Spring, Texas 77386

3323 Legends Creek Dr, Spring, Texas 77386. (713) 966-0307.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Medium. 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 232 child care providers in Montgomery County had 3.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 25, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

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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
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.

Jul 29, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Antiseptic solutions or wipes

    “The antiseptic solution in the first aid kit was expired and there was not an additional one or antiseptic wipes on site.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies did not include the requirements for the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2024.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training

    “Training records which include first aid/cpr were not on site for review. However, it was stated everything was current and completed but had not been printed out yet.”

    Rule 747.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2024.

15 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 4, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “During the Inspection , it was determined that one assistant caregiver and one household member did not have an active Background Check.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “It was discovered during the inspection that the front room (Classroom #1) and Living Room (Classroom #2) did not have a functioning smoke detectors.”

    Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2023.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “While reviewing records, it was discovered the assistant caregiver did not have a first-aid and CPR certificate.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 16, 2023.

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “During the inspection, it was discovered that three fence posts were separated from the fence board and exposed nails.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Adhesive Tape

    “While reviewing the 1st-Aid Kit missing was the Adhesive tape in kit.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2023.

  • Personnel Records- Training Hours

    “During the inspection, it was discovered that the primary caregiver did not have Annual Training hours available for review.”

    Rule 747.901(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2023.

Aug 16, 2022: inspection9 deficiencies

  • Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption with HS Diploma/GED

    “I did not observe documentation of a high school diploma for the assistant caregiver.”

    Rule 747.1211(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

  • Training Requirements for Caregivers Licensed -24 hours Annual Training

    “I observed documentation of 14 of the required 24 hours of annual training for the 2021-2022 training year in 1 out of 2 personnel records evaluated.”

    Rule 747.1303(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

  • Caregiver Required Annual Training-Caring for children younger than 24 months

    “I did not observe documentation of current certification in SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome or Abusive Head Trauma in 1 out of 2 personnel files evaluated.”

    Rule 747.1305(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2022.

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “I observed an electrical outlet in the hallway that was not enclosed with a protective outlet cover. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022.

  • Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date

    “I observed infant Tylenol drops that had expired in July of 2022. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.3605(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required training less than- 5 years experience

    “I did not observe documentation of 6 hours in management training for the primary caregiver for the 2020-21 training year.”

    Rule 747.1309(e)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2022.

  • First Aid Kit - Complete Kit

    “I observed that the first aid kit did not contain tweezers.”

    Rule 747.3803(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements-License

    “I did not observe the operation’s permit posted. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Duration of Physical Activity

    “I did not observe documentation of the home’s procedures for indoor and outdoor physical activities documented in the home’s operational policies.”

    Rule 747.501(8)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 4, 2023Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Aug 16, 2022Inspection9 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 18, 2017.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 232 child care providers in Montgomery County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Source:

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

11 of the 232 in Montgomery County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kids R Kids # 51 of Legends Ranch7
Martina PlascenciaNot given
Ann Snyder Elementary YMCA2
Primrose School of Harmony1
Priscilla Ramcharitar-Ortiz2
Tamara Salamah1
Smart Kids Child Care This child care provider3
Bradley Elementary YMCA10
The Learning Experience4
Ivy Kids @ Birnham Woods9
YMCA Afterschool Program at Ford Elementary2
Oak Ridge Young Learners Academy1

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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Source:

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

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An example nursing home

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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.

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