Lipp-Upper Kirby
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77098
2920 Virginia St, Houston, Texas 77098. (713) 522-5477.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on May 5, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the inspection on Jul 16, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Mar 23, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parent right to be free from retaliatory action
“The operation disenrolled a child as a direct result of a complaint filed.”
May 29, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“1 out of 4 children’s files evaluated did not contain emergency contact information.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“Documentation showing children were signed into care was not available upon request.”
Jul 16, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A caregiver did not know the number of children in one of the classrooms observed during the inspection. The caregiver stated there were 11 children and there was only 10 children in the classroom.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“An annual sanitation inspection has not been completed since January 27,2023.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“Documentation showing children were signed into care was not available upon request.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“1 out of 8 children’s files evaluated did not contain a health statement.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 2, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“The center director does not have current first aid training. The certification expired on 6/2022.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“The center director does not have current CPR training. The certification expired on 6/2022.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“The operation has an expired epipen for a child with a known food allergy on file at the operation. The epipen expired on 6/28/2022.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 29, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 20, 2019.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 76 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.
- 2 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Primrose School of Upper Kirby | 10 |
| Miss Pattycake Childcare,llc D/B/A Miss Pattycake Montessori | 2 |
| Children’s Hour Montessori | 3 |
| Lipp-Upper Kirby This child care provider | 7 |
| Children Today @ Lamar High School | 28 |
| Bethany Christian School | 0 |
| Ikids at Poe Elementary School | 0 |
| House at Pooh Corner Inc. | 1 |
| St. Stephen’s Episcopal School-Houston | 5 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Brooke’s Learning Corner | 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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