Sproutstart Academy
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77018
4926 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, Texas 77018. (713) 206-0031.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 30, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Franchise Tax Delinquent, at the assessment on Jul 29, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 29, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Franchise Tax Delinquent
“The franchise tax status of the LLC that owns the operation has been delinquent since 2.27.2026”
Nov 18, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Medication No Longer Used
“An epi pen expired on 8.26.25.”
Oct 6, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“A part of the base of the wall in the infant room had the border removed and showed black spots on the wall.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“An epi pen expired on 8.26.25 and two inhalers expired on 6.2025 and 7.2025.”
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months
“The operation does not have documentation of the daily building and playground checks.”
Oct 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“An active ant bed was present on the playground.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Five staff members have not completed the administering medication training.”
Mar 5, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“The director first aid has expired on 2/5/2024.”
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Children’s Records - Incident/Illness Form
“The incident report did not have the required information (missing director information, operation number, child’s date of birth, information that child care regulation was notified or what type of first aid was conducted).”
Nov 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“In the infant classroom it was 6 children with one caregiver specified age group 12-17 months old, the caregiver was one over ratio. In the second classroom the caregiver had 12 children specified age group 2 years old, it was one over ratio, this was doing morning time of care.”
20 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 1, 2023: inspection9 deficiencies
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Responsibilities - Not delay or prevent inspection or investigation
“The caregiver in charge was unable to give access to the rest of the building to inspected other classroom. Corrected: When the director made it to the operation and the inceptor was able to inspected the other classrooms.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“Caregiver did not have information of the ages of children that were in care.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“In the infant classroom it was 8 children with one caregiver SAG 12-17 months old, the caregiver was three over ratio. In the second classroom the caregiver had 14 children SAG 2 years old, it was three over ratio, this was doing morning time of care.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“On the children’s playground in the area of the rocker it was missing unitary surfacing materials around the rocker structure.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Two children’s food allergy plan was not signed by a heath care professional.”
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Space Requirements - Under 18 Months of Age Separate from Older Children
“They was a mixed age group of children in the voyagers classroom in the morning, the ages of the children were 12 months to 4 years old.”
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Storage for Individual Belongings
“Children did not have an individual hook labeled with their name that would be assisted to them.”
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Written Operational Policies - Benefits
“The operation did not have in their operational policies on how they would promotion the indoor and outdoor physical activity.”
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Documentation of Training Requirements - Trainer’s Qualifications
“The three caregivers First Aid and CPR cards did not have the trainers qualifications”
Jan 17, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The outdoor playground had a ants pile and grass area was not maintain.”
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Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials
“The operation did not provide documentation for the unitary surfacing on the playground.”
Nov 1, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies
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Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months
“Six caregivers did not have pre-service training preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma for safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome and for early childhood brain development, the caregivers had a certificate in the file this certificate did not have the caregivers name of date a training was taken. The only thing on the certificate was a signature of the training.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“One caregivers did not have CPR training.”
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“The operation did not have documentation of the last fire inspection.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver is missing 7 hours of annual training for training year 4-12-2021 to 4-12-2022.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“The operation did not have a updated children’s product form the last form was signed 1/27/2021.”
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Required Personnel Records- signed dated statement that employee attended abuse/neglect training
“One caregiver is missing documentation of taking orientation.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“Two caregivers are missing information on how they meet education qualifications.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“Two caregivers are missing signed affidavit in their files.”
Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| May 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 2, 2019.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 99 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.
- 3 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 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Joy Caka | 4 |
| The Little Learning Place | 5 |
| St Matthews Cdc | 22 |
| St Rose of Lima | 2 |
| Kidventure After School @ St. Rose of Lima | 7 |
| Children Today | 71 |
| Sproutstart Academy This child care provider | 10 |
| Goswami Academy | 14 |
| Primrose School of Garden Oaks | 12 |
| Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest | 10 |
| Village Montessori | 45 |
| Oak Forest Academy | 26 |
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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