Kids @ First Nursery and Preschool
A licensed child care center in Dickinson, Texas 77539
200 FM 517 Rd W, Dickinson, Texas 77539. (832) 340-7249.
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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 Galveston County: 5
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 7 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County had 5.
7 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 1, 2026: 6 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 1, 2026
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 Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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.
Oct 1, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“At time of inspection, the fire inspection was past due. The last Fire Inspection was conducted on 8/26/2025.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
“At time of inspection, one caregiver did not have Pediatric First Aid card on file.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
“At time of inspection, one caregiver did not have Pediatric CPR card on file.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“At time of inspection, Sanitation Inspection was past due. The last Sanitation Inspection was conducted on 2/24/2025.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“At time of inspection, one child was missing emergency contact information.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“At time of inspection, one caregiver did not have notarized affidavit form 2985 completed in file.”
Oct 2, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“At time of inspection, one child’s admission form stated a food allergy. Food Allergy Plan was not observed in child’s file or classroom.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“At time of inspection, four out of the six infants did not have feeding instruction sheets.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler
“At time of inpsection, one out of the seven classrooms observed did not have children’s name labeled on training cups.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“At time of inspection, one child had seven medication that expired.”
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Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
“At time of inspection, Parent Rights was not documented in Operational Policies.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“At time of inspection, five out of the ten children files reviewed did not have health statement.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
“At time of inspection, three out of ten staff files reviewed did not have Affidavit form 2912.”
Oct 3, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“Staff hired on 1/5/2023 was missing 2 clock hours for their annual training 2023-2024 year.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“Staff hired on 1/5/2023 was missing documentation showing how they meet education requirements.”
9 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 10, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“During inspection, a fire inspection was last conducted on 5/3/2022.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“Staff hired on 6/7/2021 did not have 24 hours of annual training for 2022-2023.”
Oct 17, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training
“Staff hired on 8/9/2019 had 17 hours, Staff hired on 1/3/2022 had 14 hours, Staff hired on 7/18/2018 had 16 hours, and Staff hired on 8/9/2019 had 16 hours of annual training for 2021-2022 year.”
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Liability Insurance Requirements - Have Coverage of at Least $300,000 For Each Occurrence of Negligence
“During inspection, liabilty insurance expired 9/20/2022.”
Nov 22, 2021: report to the state5 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“A child was left unattended on the playground.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Operation did not notify licensing after a child was left on the playground.”
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Director Responsibilities - Employees Comply with Standards
“The person in charge did not ensure that minimum standards was followed.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“An incident report was not filled out after a child was left unsupervised.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“An incident report was not shared with the parent after a child was left unsupervised.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Report to the state | 5 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 20, 2018.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 113 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.
- 1 report 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 15.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Dickinson Isd Gator Academy | 5 |
| Kids @ First Nursery and Preschool This child care provider | 15 |
| Yvette Bimage-Fields | Not given |
| Excellence Academy Child Care & Learning Center | 12 |
| YMCA After School @ Lobit Elementary | 0 |
| Learners Land Child Care Center | 22 |
| Lac Ho | 13 |
| Highland Forest Daycare and Early Learning Center | 16 |
| Cheryl Ann Hayes-Brandt | 1 |
| Kid City League City | 4 |
| Hieu Thanh Vu | 0 |
| S&a’s Fun Time Learn Time Academy | 0 |
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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