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Derra Smith

A registered child care home in Irving, Texas 75061

509 Little John Dr, Irving, Texas 75061. (972) 639-1367.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 9, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Health Statement on File

    “2 children files did not have health statements.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

Feb 14, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies

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

    “She has yet to complete her CPR and first aid training.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “She has yet to complete her CPR and first aid training.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 13, 2025.

Jan 8, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies

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

    “The CPR and first aid training has expired.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 14, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The CPR and first aid training has expired.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 14, 2025.

Nov 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “The CPR and first aid training has expired.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The CPR and first aid training has expired.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2025.

23 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 2, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The permit holder was missing 23 of the 30 required annual training hours.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 23, 2023.

Jan 20, 2023: assessment7 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The permit holder was missing 29 of the 30 required annual training hours.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2023.

  • Health Statement on File

    “There was no health statement available for 3 of 4 student files reviewed.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “3 of 4 student files reviewed did not include immunization records.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “There was no file available for 1 of 4 children enrolled at the operation.”

    Rule 747.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “There was no current documentation on file for fire drills, fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide, and smoke detector checks.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Personnel Records for Household Members - Orientation

    “There was no orientation training on file for a household member.”

    Rule 747.905(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Personnel Records for Household Members -TB Test

    “There was no TB test on file for a household member.”

    Rule 747.905(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2023.

Dec 21, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies

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

    “There were no background checks on file for the permit holder and two adult household members. The deficiency was corrected as background checks were submitted for each individual.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 21, 2022.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The permit holder was missing 29 of the 30 required annual training hours.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Health Statement on File

    “There was no health statement available for 3 of 4 student files reviewed.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “3 of 4 student files reviewed did not include immunization records.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “There was no file available for 1 of 4 children enrolled at the operation.”

    Rule 747.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “There was no current documentation on file for fire drills, fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide, and smoke detector checks.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Personnel Records for Household Members - Orientation

    “There was no orientation training on file for a household member.”

    Rule 747.905(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Personnel Records for Household Members -TB Test

    “There was no TB test on file for a household member.”

    Rule 747.905(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

Jan 28, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies

  • AP Parent Notification of Liability Insurance - If No Insurance Must Notify Parent in Writing at Enrollment

    “A child was admitted to care before notifying parents that the operation does not carry liability insurance.”

    Rule 747.213(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2022.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Logs Maintained

    “Sign in/out logs are not used for children in care.”

    Rule 747.635(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

  • Caregivers Required Annual Training-Required Topics without hour restriction

    “The permit holder’s annual trainings did not include training in the following areas: 1. Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction. 2. Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 747.1305(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “The operation did not have a written activity plan available to review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “1 of 4 children’s files reviewed did not include proof of parental receipt of operational policies.”

    Rule 747.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2022.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Infant Feeding Instructions

    “There are no feeding instructions available for one infant in care not yet ready for table food.”

    Rule 747.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2022.

  • Required Health Statement

    “1 of 4 children’s files reviewed did not include a health statement.”

    Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 9, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 5, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 14, 2025Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Jan 8, 2025Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Nov 6, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 2, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 20, 2023Assessment7 deficiencies cited
Dec 21, 2022Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Jan 28, 2022Inspection7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Oct 4, 2017.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kings and Queens Court8
Laurie Reeves0
Prestigious Learning Academy2
Derra Smith This child care provider7
YMCA @ Davis1
YMCA @ Good0
YMCA @ Gilbert1
Cradle to Crayon Learning Center5
YMCA @ Keyes3
YMCA @ Barton0
Ultimate Care 4 Kids Childcare Development Center/Preschool2
Ruth Academy30

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 2, 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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