Mary’s Little Lamb Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77048
4721 Airport Blvd, Houston, Texas 77048. (713) 240-7599.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 15 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 10 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 2-Star 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?
15 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 22, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Sep 10, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 years of age and within weight and height limit of child safety seat, at the inspection on May 16, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children, at the inspection on May 16, 2024
7 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
15 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
May 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“There was no Food Allergy Emergency Plan for diagnosed food allergy available for review during the inspection for one out of four children files reviewed.”
Sep 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“There was no current fire inspection report available for review during the inspection. Fire inspection was observed last dated 5/22/23.”
May 16, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 years of age and within weight and height limit of child safety seat
“A 4 year old child was observed not properly secured in a child safety seat while being transported in vehicle.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children
“There was no list of children being transported in the vehicle used to transport children during the inspection.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
“There was no emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms for children being transported in vehicle during inspection.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child
“There was no parent names or emergency contact numbers for children being transported in vehicle during the inspection.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“There was no fire extinguisher observed in vehicle used for transporting children during inspection.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
“There was no first aid kit observed in the vehicle used to transport children during the inspection.”
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Fire Extinguishers Serviced
“Fire extinguishers were observed expired, last serviced 03/2023 during inspection.”
May 7, 2024: report to the state6 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is sufficient evidence to suggest that neglectful supervision occurred.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a caregiver did not intervene when necessary to ensure a child?s safety when a child fell from a car safety seat while being transported.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Meet federal standards
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is sufficient evidence to suggest that an 11-month-old infant was transported in a booster seat instead of a rear facing car seat as required.”
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Transportation Child/Caregiver Ratio - Children Younger Than 2 Years
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is enough evidence to suggest that there was not an additional caregiver besides the driver in the vehicle while transporting a child under two years old.”
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Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is sufficient evidence to suggest that at least one seat belt in the vehicle was not working.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Secure Each Child in Appropriate System According to Manufacturer’s Instructions
“Based on the DFPS investigation there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the car seat that a child was riding in was not properly secured into the vehicle.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was observed caring for 7 infants ages 9 months, 10 months, 10 months, 12 months, 13 months, 16 months, and 17 months old. This was corrected during inspection when another caregiver returned to the room to assist with caring for the infants.”
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Required Admission Information - Reasonable Accommodations or Modifications
“Four children files observed were not updated. The childcare facility did not update the children files to portray the updated required information by 09/01/2023. The files observed did not include an updated special care needs section, modifications, and/or the child’s swimming ability.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2024 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| May 7, 2024 | Report to the state | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 23, 2018.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 24 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.
- 5 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 15.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Patricia Neil Smith | Not given |
| Veronique Roberts | 1 |
| Mary’s Little Lamb Learning Center This child care provider | 15 |
| Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Orem | 15 |
| Growth Academy, LLC | 2 |
| Darlyne Smith | 1 |
| Jacquelina Miller | 0 |
| Codwell Elementary School | 2 |
| Cheryl Babineaux Richard | 15 |
| Helen’s Haven Childcare | 14 |
| Tanyika Shantell Gentry | 1 |
| Right Fit Kids Academy- Cullen | 4 |
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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