Alphabest @ Clara Love - Northwest
A licensed child care center in Justin, Texas 76247
16301 Elementary Dr, Justin, Texas 76247. (469) 500-1631.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 33 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Denton County: 3
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
33 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 10, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on May 9, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for, at the inspection on Mar 25, 2025
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 report to the state on Jan 18, 2025
4 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
33 deficiencies in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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 10, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.
“Operation has an inspection form in the binder from a different operation’s inspection from 2025.”
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Required Personnel Records
“One caregiver did not have a personnel file at the operation.”
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Documentation CPR-1st aid includes participant’s name, training date, training title, trainer’s name, length of training and expiration date
“One caregiver did not have their CPR Certification in their personnel file.”
Dec 11, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees - Pre-Service
“One caregiver does not have the required pre-service trainings.”
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“One caregivers has 3 of the required 15 hours of training. The caregiver also does not have any of the required topics.”
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Provide Access to Children’s Records - During Hours of Operation
“The operation’s person in charge does not have access to children’s records. Caregivers also did not have information with children’s ages.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
“The operation has one caregiver with no staff file.”
Oct 15, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees - Pre-Service
“One caregiver does not have the required pre-service trainings.”
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“One caregivers has 3 of the required 15 hours of training. The caregiver also does not have any of the required topics.”
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Provide Access to Children’s Records - During Hours of Operation
“The operation’s site director does not have access to children’s records. Caregivers also did not have information with children’s ages.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
“The operation has one caregiver with no staff file.”
May 9, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on information gathered through the course of the investigation the operation did not report a situation that may have placed a child at risk and that parents were concerned about.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“Based on information gathered during the courese of the investigation, it was determined that parents were not provided an incident report.”
Apr 8, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“The operation site director does not have any 2024 trainings completed. 5.60 hours of August 2023 training was observed during inspection.”
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Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
“The site director did not know how to access children’s admission records. CI: The site director called to the program director to get instructions on how to access the records during the inspection.”
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Required Personnel Records
“One caregiver present at the operation does not have a file and has been employed for over two weeks.”
Mar 25, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for
“The operation’s person in charge nor zone leader knew how many children they were caring for during the inspection.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“Two caregivers did not have an ipad or list to know the children’s name or ages in their group.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 2 Caregivers
“Two caregiver were observed caring for 40 children during the inspection. Based on information obtained during the inspection the operation has had two groups all day.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
“Children were observed watching a movie during their designated rest time. CI: The television was turned off during inspection.”
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Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
“The caregiver in charge does not have access to children’s records.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“Caregiver in charge does not have access to staff records.”
Feb 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
“The caregiver in charge does not have access to children’s records.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“Caregiver in charge does not have access to staff records.”
Feb 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio
“The operations has two caregivers present with a total of 44 children.”
Jan 18, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“The site director and two caregivers were not appropriately supervising the child while in care. Resulting in a child being able to exit the building and they were not aware of the child’s absence.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“The operations incident report has not been signed by the child’s parent.”
Dec 18, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“The operation continues to allow multiple children to use the restroom at one time.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“The operation did not create or share an incident report with the parents after children were involved in a situation that caused harm.”
Nov 8, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not use good judgment when they allowed multiple children to use the restroom at once after they had been trained to not allow this.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Proper supervision was not conducted when a child inappropriately touched another child while under the care of the operation.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“The operation did not immediately communicate to parent’s that their children were involved in a situation in which they were placed at risk.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“The operation did not create or share an incident report with the parents after children were involved in a situation that caused harm.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“One child’s medication was not in the original container.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Upon review of the safety practices sheet, the program had been conducting fire drills quarterly instead of monthly.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 5, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 29, 2018.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 120 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 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 33.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Leticia Reyes | 0 |
| Alphabest @ Clara Love - Northwest This child care provider | 33 |
| Alphabest @ Hatfield - Northwest | 16 |
| Alphabest @ Justin - Northwest | 7 |
| Justin Fine Arts Preschool, LLC | 1 |
| Alphabest @ Daniel - Northwest | 23 |
| Alphabest @ Perrin Northwest | 28 |
| Carolyn Williams | 5 |
| Solecito Immersion Spanish School | 15 |
| Arka Montessori of Justin | 4 |
| Anusorn Chaphirom | Not given |
| Casita Cielo | 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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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