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The Center Day Camp

A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76701

1115 Columbus Ave, Waco, Texas 76701. (254) 754-7971.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 24, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for, at the inspection on Jun 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on Jun 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Jun 15, 2026

2 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 15, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for

    “There were 2 classrooms that were unaware of the number of children in their group. In one group a caregiver stated she had 15 and it was determined she had 14. In another group a caregiver stated she had 6 children and it was determined she had 7 children in their care.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 24, 2026.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “There were 2 groups of children observed transitioning into the snack room and the caregivers were observed to have walked in first while there were still children walking behind the caregivers.In another incident a caregiver was observed to have stepped out of her classroom to watch children put away their belongings on a shelf, that was in a separate classroom, there was only the 1 caregiver present to supervise both groups of children.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 24, 2026.

  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone

    “A person with an inactive background was observed with access to children. The person was asked to leave during the inspection by the person in charge.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2026.

Jun 12, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

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

    “A person with a pending background check was observed having access to the children in care.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2026.

Jul 17, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedure for Parents Review of Policies

    “The operation has not provided the corrections to the Operational Policy that are required: parent rights, procedures for inclusive care, employee vaccinations, emergency preparedness, procedures for parents to participate and immunization requirements.”

    Rule 744.501(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2025.

Jun 4, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “A person with a pending background check was observed caring for a group of children. The person was sent home during the inspection by the operation.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 4, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedure for Parents Review of Policies

    “The operational policy did not have a section for the following: parent rights, procedures for inclusive care, employee vaccinations, emergency preparedness, procedures for parents to participate and immunization requirements.”

    Rule 744.501(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2025.

Jun 4, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “There were 2 children with documented food allergies and there were no food allergy plans on file for review.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 6, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “There was one person with a pending background check that was observed supervising a group of children. The person was sent home during the inspection, bringing the deficiency into compliance.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2023.

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “There was one child in care with food allergy and the child did not have a food allergy plan on file.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 16, 2023.

Jun 6, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “There were 4 persons, that had a “pending” background check, observed supervising a group of children. There was 1 person with no background check submitted that was observed supervising a group of children. The persons were sent home during the inspection and other staff was brought in to maintain ratio and group sizes.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 6, 2022.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “The children’s file were missing the following sections: *Authorization for Medical Emergency *Parent Signature on Enrollment Form”

    Rule 744.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2022.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 15, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 12, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 17, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 4, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 6, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 6, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 29, 2017.
  • Licensed for ages: School.
  • Capacity: 140 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 8.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 132 in McLennan County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Baylor Child Development Ctr4
The Center Day Camp This child care provider8
Children First Learning Center7
St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery2
Waco Montessori School2
Columbus Avenue Baptist Church13
St Pauls Day Care2
Country Child Care0
Little Rockets2
Waco Child Development Center14
Waco Child Development Infant5
Marla Adams0

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 Oct 30, 2026.

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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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