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Cradles and Crayons

A licensed child care center in El Paso, Texas 79936

11660 Montwood Dr Ste O, El Paso, Texas 79936. (915) 849-1711.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 10, 2026: 4 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 10, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “Two caregivers did not have the required transportation training on file.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2026.

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

    “Six caregivers did not have the required abuse and neglect training on file.”

    Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2026.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Gas Inspection Report

    “The gas inspection was conducted on 1/16/24. The inspection got expired on 1/16/26. A gas inspection is required every two years.”

    Rule 746.801(13). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “One caregiver did not have the notarized affidavit available to be reviewed on file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2026.

May 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care

    “The fire inspection has expired; the last inspection was conducted on 3/20/2024.”

    Rule 746.801(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 1, 2025. Correction verified: May 30, 2025.

May 6, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two children were missing a copy of the health statement in their file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child was missing a copy of the immunizations in his file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: May 7, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Gas Inspection Report

    “A recent gas inspection was not available to be reviewed. The last inspection on file was conducted on 12/17/2021.”

    Rule 746.801(13). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 17, 2024. Correction verified: May 7, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years
May 18, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher in one of the van was expired. The fire extinguisher tag expired on October 2022.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 1, 2023.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “The child safety alarms in two of the vans are not in working conditions. The alarms were tested three times and the alarms were not fully working.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2023.

Sep 23, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Free of other activities

    “During the observation of the day care video, it was observed that a teacher early in the morning was using her cell phone to plan activities for the children and she was also caring for a child.”

    Rule 746.1203(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2022.

Aug 24, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

    “An employee did not have a copy of their high diploma on file to be reviewed.”

    Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “Five employees did not have a current first aid and CPR training on file.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “Two employees did not have documentation of having a current transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Five children did not have a copy of their health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2022.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Gas Inspection Report

    “The operation did not have a current gas inspection. The last inspection was conducted on 1/24/2020.”

    Rule 746.801(13). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification

    “An employee did not have a copy of their photo ID on file.”

    Rule 746.901(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

    “Two children did not have the admission date on their admission form.”

    Rule 746.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 10, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
May 1, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 26, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
May 6, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 18, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 24, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 26, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Aug 24, 2022Inspection7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 6, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 108 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: 2-Star (the first 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 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Source:

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

12 of the 371 in El Paso County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Cradles and Crayons This child care provider8
Tierra Del Sol After School2
YWCA Glen Cove After School5
Little Scholars Academy3
Superkid Learning Center and Prekinder0
YWCA Vista Del Sol After School3
YWCA Oshea Keleher After School0
A Place to Grow II4
Flying Colors Learning Center #67
Angelkeeper Christian Learning Center4
Cookie Monsters Day Care1
Gracie’s Daycare0
YWCA Myrtle Cooper A/S Program2

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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