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Edith Shepard

A registered child care home in Grand Prairie, Texas 75052

623 Delores Dr, Grand Prairie, Texas 75052. (214) 557-2024.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

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

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 5, 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

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Feb 5, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Health Statement on File

    “Two out of the three student files are missing a health statement.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2026.

14 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 19, 2022: inspection14 deficiencies

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “Upon arrival an infant was observed to be sitting in her car seat unstrapped. The infant was then moved to an infant seat and was sitting there longer than 15 minutes. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver picked up the infant.”

    Rule 747.2317(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

    “Caregiver had lysol and hand sanitizer out accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver removed the supplies and made them inaccessible to the children.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “A plug in the kitchen did not have a safety cover on it and was accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver covered the outlet with plugin.”

    Rule 747.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Safety - Hinged Lid Storage Containers Safe

    “Caregiver has an open storage chest with no safety latch to free a child if a child was to get inside. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver placed a lock on the storage chest.”

    Rule 747.3501(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked

    The inspectors’ words, 94 words

    “Caregiver had the backyard exit gate locked with a padlock on the street side of the gate and could not unlock the gate without having to go back through the home to unlock the gate from street side of the home. In the event of an emergency caregiver would not have been able to immediately unlock the gate without having to travel back through the home. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver moved the lock to the inside of the gate making it easily accessible to be unlocked in the event of an emergency.”

    Rule 747.4111. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Discipline

    “Operational polices does not have discipline policy.”

    Rule 747.501(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

    “Operational policies does not have safe sleep policy.”

    Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “Caregiver does not have fire extinguisher mounted.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “Upon arrival caregiver had the news on with children under 2 years old present. Caregiver then changed the TV to baby shark. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver turned off the TV.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “Caregiver’s Child Product Safety Consumer verification form was expired with a date of 5/11/2019.”

    Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 20, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports

    “Operational policy did not have procedures for parents to review a copy of the child-care home’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online”

    Rule 747.501(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline

    “Operational policy did not have instructions on how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website.”

    Rule 747.501(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “Operational policies does not have promotion of physical activities policy.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2022.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Menus

    “Caregiver was not able to provide the current menu and menu’s from 3 months prior upon request.”

    Rule 747.801(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2022.

All 4 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 5, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 19, 2022Inspection14 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 18, 1993.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
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 1.
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
First Kids Academy2
Edith Shepard This child care provider1
My Little Hearts Learning Center Inc.2
Thuy Bui14
Duong Hoang15
Kacy Brandon10
Roschelle MooreNot given
The Perfect Place to Bee Learning Academy0
Chau Xuan Cao2
Vy Le4
Nga Thai8
Bettye ChamblissNot given

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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