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The Discovery Barn

A licensed child care center in Brazoria, Texas 77422

202 Gaines St, Brazoria, Texas 77422. (979) 798-5696.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 206 child care providers in Brazoria County had 4.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 7, 2026: 7 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Jul 18, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

10 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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 7, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “A caregiver has not completed the training topics under this standard. They are missing: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome, understanding safe sleep and preventing sudden infant death, and understanding early brain development.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The gate between the big kid playground and the preschool playground is rusted which caused the bottom part to break in two different sections. The structure on the school age playground has a broken piece on the back side. On the toddler playground there is a broken step on the little tykes slide structure.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 20, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “One child with a listed food allergy does not have an emergency food allergy plan.”

    Rule 746.605(15). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

    “One caregiver has not completed the topics under this section.”

    Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “A caregiver is missing topics under this standard. The caregiver is missing the following: preventing and responding to food allergies, understanding building and physical premises safety, and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Two children’s files out of ten reviewed did not have current shot records.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2026.

  • Exemptions for Immunization Requirements Must Meet Criteria Specified by DSHS

    “Two children’s files do not have current exemptions on file. The exemptions have expired.”

    Rule 746.615(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2026.

Jul 18, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “A caregiver was observed with out a background check eligiblity notification and was in the classroom. Note: The caregiver was sent home.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 22, 2024.

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “One caregiver did not have CPR that was in person. The training was an online course that does not meet the standards.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation has not reported the number of employees who left employment as required by January 15, 2024.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 23, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The toilet seat in the red room is peeling and no longer sanitizable.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

Jul 18, 2023: report to the state7 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language

    “During my inspection a caregiver was over heard using an agressive tone with the children who were not listening. Note: The director went into the classroom and spoke with the caregiver regarding their tone.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “Infants were observed sitting in the table without the use of safety straps. One caregiver interviewed for the investigation has admitted to not using the straps when children are in the table. Note: The importance of using the straps were explained to the caregivers. Infants were strapped in before I left the room.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits

    “A child was observed in the romper room to be sleeping in front of one of the exit doors. Note: a picture was taken and the child was moved.”

    Rule 746.2909(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders

    “Children in the infant room were being fed snack directly on the table.”

    Rule 746.3317(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “One classroom was observed with paint chipping on different parts of the walls. Note: Pictures were taken.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Based on the information obtained during the interviews it was determined that the operation has not practiced a fire drill since at least May of 2023.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first aid kit in the infant and toddler building is missing Tweezers and antiseptic.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2023.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 7, 2026Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Jul 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 19, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Aug 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 25, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 18, 2023Report to the state7 deficiencies cited
Sep 25, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 6, 2017.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 131 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 206 child care providers in Brazoria County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 10.
Source:

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

11 of the 206 in Brazoria County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
The Discovery Barn This child care provider10
Brazoria County Head Start - Barrow Elementary1
His Children DC1
Wild Peach Elementary1
Kingdom Class Academy7
Chapelwood Weekday Ministries6
Happy Faces Early Learning Center - Garland Dr4
Sharon Lee Gray0
Phuong Nguyen3
Kids Campus Child Care3
Discovery Days Learning Center0
Children’s Choice Learning Center10

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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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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