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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.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: 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?

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

Source:

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.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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.

Jul 29, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
  • Franchise Tax Delinquent

    “The franchise tax status of the LLC that owns the operation has been delinquent since 2.27.2026”

    Rule 745.247. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2026.

Nov 18, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
  • Medication No Longer Used

    “An epi pen expired on 8.26.25.”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 25, 2025.

Oct 6, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “An epi pen expired on 8.26.25 and two inhalers expired on 6.2025 and 7.2025.”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2025.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months

    “The operation does not have documentation of the daily building and playground checks.”

    Rule 746.4751(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

Oct 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “An active ant bed was present on the playground.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Five staff members have not completed the administering medication training.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2024.

Mar 5, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 19, 2024.

  • 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).”

    Rule 746.603(a)(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 22, 2024.

Nov 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2023.

20 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 1, 2023: inspection9 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 745.8411(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2023.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages

    “Caregiver did not have information of the ages of children that were in care.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 11, 2024.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 9, 2023.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.4203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

  • Storage for Individual Belongings

    “Children did not have an individual hook labeled with their name that would be assisted to them.”

    Rule 746.4505. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 3, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Benefits

    “The operation did not have in their operational policies on how they would promotion the indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Documentation of Training Requirements - Trainer’s Qualifications

    “The three caregivers First Aid and CPR cards did not have the trainers qualifications”

    Rule 746.1329(b)(5). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 1, 2023.

Jan 17, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The outdoor playground had a ants pile and grass area was not maintain.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

  • Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials

    “The operation did not provide documentation for the unitary surfacing on the playground.”

    Rule 746.4913. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 24, 2023.

Nov 1, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1305(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “One caregivers did not have CPR training.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 9, 2022.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “The operation did not have documentation of the last fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 13, 2022.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation did not have a updated children’s product form the last form was signed 1/27/2021.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- signed dated statement that employee attended abuse/neglect training

    “One caregiver is missing documentation of taking orientation.”

    Rule 746.901(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “Two caregivers are missing information on how they meet education qualifications.”

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

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Two caregivers are missing signed affidavit in their files.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2022.

All 18 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 18, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 6, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 22, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 5, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Feb 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 15, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 1, 2023Inspection9 deficiencies cited
May 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 16, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 17, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 1, 2022Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 19, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Oct 22, 2021Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 2, 2019.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • Capacity: 99 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.
  • 3 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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.
Source:

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

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Joy Caka4
The Little Learning Place5
St Matthews Cdc22
St Rose of Lima2
Kidventure After School @ St. Rose of Lima7
Children Today71
Sproutstart Academy This child care provider10
Goswami Academy14
Primrose School of Garden Oaks12
Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest10
Village Montessori45
Oak Forest Academy26

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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