The Academy at Craig Ranch
A licensed child care center in McKinney, Texas 75070
6101 Stacy Rd, McKinney, Texas 75070. (972) 363-0202.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 43 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Collin County: 2
- 19 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 48 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
43 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.
48 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 20, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Aug 14, 2026
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 Aug 5, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Aug 5, 2026
16 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
43 deficiencies in 15 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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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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.
Aug 14, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver dropped a nicotine pouch in the childcare area and a child later put this nicotine pouch into their mouth.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“A child was able to pick up and put in their mouth a nicotine pouch that had been left out on the floor of a childcare area at the operation.”
Aug 5, 2026: inspection12 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Two caregivers with a pending background check was observed working in a classroom with a group of children. The deficiency was corrected during inspection when the caregivers left the building.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“A child’s admission information did not list a parent signature for authorization for emergency medical treatment in the event of a parent cannot be reached to arrange for emergency medical care.”
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Documentation of Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation does not have a current annual sanitation/health inspection. Last inspection is noted April 2025.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“A caregiver did not wash their hands with soap and running water after changing a child’s diaper. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when it was brought to the caregivers attention to wash their hands to prevent the spread of germs when transition to changing other child’s diaper or working with a groupn of children.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“A caregiver did not wash an child’s hands after a diaper change. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when it was brought to the caregivers attention to washed the child’s hands with soap and running water to help prevent the spread of germs.”
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Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“A group of young children did not wash their hands after returning to the classroom after outdoor play but instead the children transition to circle time. The caregivers corrected the deficiency during the inspection when it was brought to their attention to wash the children hands with soap and running water after outdoor play.”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“Two children with diagnosis food allergies did not have a complete F.A.R.E./emergency allergy plan from a health care professional on file.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“A child’s file did not a persons name, address, and phone of who to reach when the parent is not available during an emergency.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver is lacking 22 annual training hours from 5/5/2025 to 5/5/2026.”
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Children’s Records - Enrollment Agreement
“A child file did not have acknowledgement from a parent validating that the center’s operational policies were received and/or obtained.”
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Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child
“Two children that attend public school did not have name and contact number of the public school.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors
“The a record of the emergency practices such as fire, weather, lockdown drills, fire extiguisher checks, CO and smoke detector test were not available.”
Jun 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“It was determined that the that a two-year-old left the classroom and the caregivers present were not aware of it.”
May 15, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“It was determined during the investigation that a child was left unattended and alone on the bus.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“It was determined in the investigation that the operation director did not have transportation training completed that was up to date and not expired.”
Mar 27, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“During the investigation it was determined that a caregiver did not demonstrate competency and self-control with a child in care.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“During the investigation it was determined that a caregiver grabbed and pulled a child due to the child’s behavior.”
Nov 14, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the interviews with the staff and the parent of the victim, a caregiver did not adequately supervise a young child which resulted in a young child finger being smash in the corner of a restroom door. The young child received an amputation fracture on their right ring finger.”
Aug 13, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver lacks 19 clock hours of annual training from April 18, 2024 to April 14, 2025. A caregiver lacks 21 clock hours of annual training from August 6, 2024 to August 6, 2025. A caregiver is lacks 21 clock hours of annual training from October 14, 2023 to October 14, 2024.”
Jun 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Communicable Diseases
“A young child/victim did not have a written incident report on file.”
Jun 20, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on interviews with the staff and a parent, a young child was not adequately supervised which resulted in a young child taking another young child’s bottle during a feeding a proceeded to drink the young child formula.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the interviews with staff, the management did not have a written incident report of a situation the placed a child at risk.”
May 13, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on interviews with staff and other collaterals, and a video, the operation was not in compliance with the standard evaluated. A young child was left alone in a classroom unsupervised.”
Feb 6, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the interview with the parent and staff, a caregiver did not use good judgement when the caregiver bottle feed an infant another infant’s bottle of breast milk and formula.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler
“An infant bottle was not labeled with the child’s first name and the initial of the child’s last name. An infant’s baby food was not labeled with the infant’s first name and the initial of the infant’s last name. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver wrote the infants’ first names and the initials of the infants’ last name on the bottle and the baby food.”
Oct 18, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on interviews with staff and the parent, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the minimum standards for licensed childcare centers. A child was left alone unsupervised in an indoor play area.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on interviews with the parent and management, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the minimum standards for a licensed childcare center. Management reported a situation that placed a child at risk more than two days after the incident occurred.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“Based on the interview with caregiver, the victim, and the parent, the operation served a child in care food identified on their allergy emergency plan.”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“Based on observations and the interview with the parent, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the minimum standard for a licensed childcare center. The operation did not have a complete food allergy plan on file for a child with a diagnosis food allergy.”
Oct 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection
“The current gas leak inspection was not available.”
Sep 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection
“The current gas leak inspection was not available.”
Aug 22, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt
“Based on interviews with parents and staff, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated. Caregivers are not changing young children’s diapers promptly which could pose a risk of young children obtaining a diaper rash.”
Jun 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“A group of children between 18 to 24 months were egaging in screen time. The caregiver corrected the deficiency during the inspection by terminating screen time and transitioning the children to music time.”
May 29, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver without an active background check on file was in charge of a group of children. The deficiency was corrected during this inspection when the caregiver left the premises.”
May 16, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“A caregiver did not wash their hands with soap and running water after changing a child’s diaper. The caregiver corrected the deficiency during the inspection by washing their hands with soap and running water.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“A caregiver did not wash a young child’s hands with soap and running water after a diaper change. The caregiver corrected the standard during the inspection by washing the child’s hands wiith soap and running water.”
May 15, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on the video provided, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated in regard to a standard investigation. The video confirmed a caregiver grabbing and pulling children.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“Based on the video provided, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated in regard to a standard investigation. The video audio confirmed a caregiver speaking in a stern loud voice. A caregiver confirmed that the primary spoke to children in a loud stern voice could be interpreted as yelling.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on interviews with collaterals and staff, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated. Management did not report to Child Care Regulations an incident that placed children at risk within the required timeframes.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“Based on interviews with collaterals, the operation was not in compliance with the standard. Parents were not notified immediately of a situation that placed children. Management notified parents more than three days from date of the occurrence.”
Apr 25, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the interviews with staff, the parent, and the video, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated. A child was left alone in the classroom.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 27, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This standard was found to be deficient after a child was left unsupervised for approximately 20 minutes due to a caregiver’s failure to conduct a required name-to-face check during a class transition. The three-year-old was found by his caregiver and the caregiver acknowledged failing to perform a thorough name-to-face roll call.”
Nov 2, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“This standard was found to be deficient as the operation had more that one classroom with cleaning liquids being accessible to the children in care. This was correct during the inspection.”
May 5, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“This standard was found to be deficient during the investigation as the caregivers admitted to not conducting thorough name to face roll call which resulted in a child being left alone and unsupervised in a classroom.”
Apr 22, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“This standard was found to be deficient during the investigation as there is recorded video footage that shows the caregiver forcefully grabbing the child by their ankles.”
All 72 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | 12 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 15, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 16, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 3, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 5, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 21, 2018.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 300 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.
- 24 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 43.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| YMCA at Comstock Elementary | 9 |
| The Learning Experience | 18 |
| Psa Mckinney | 0 |
| Heartland Montessori Academy | 5 |
| Mckinney Academy | 13 |
| Xplor | 7 |
| Revathi Potluri | 9 |
| Childrens Lighthouse of Mckinney | 23 |
| The Academy at Craig Ranch This child care provider | 43 |
| Naushaba Alam | Not given |
| Auntie Audreys House | 0 |
| Laura Vargas | 8 |
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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