Kandy Stripe Academy

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77033

6515 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, Texas 77033. (713) 734-4909.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
5 inspections on record
4-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 19, 2025: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger, at the inspection on Nov 22, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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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

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.

Nov 19, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

“The listed director did not have the required transportation training.”

Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2025.
Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

“The infant classroom was observed with a torn changing pad. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2025.

Nov 22, 2024: inspection9 deficiencies

Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

“The operational policy did not contain a safe sleep for infants 12 months and younger section.”

Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

“One sippy cup was observed without labels in the infant fridge. Note: This was corrected during inspection.”

Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion

“The operational policy did not contain a suspension and expulsion section.”

Rule 746.501(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 13, 2024.
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

“In the infant 2 classroom cots were observed without labels. Note: This was corrected during inspection.”

Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Benefits

“The operational policy did not contain a section explaining the benefits of physical activity and outdoor play.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

“The operational policy did not contain a section explaining the criteria for extreme weather.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect

“The operational policy did not contain a preventing and responding to abuse and neglect section.”

Rule 746.501(a)(26). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

“The operational policy did not contain a supporting inclusive services section.”

Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.
Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

“One of ten records did not contain proof of education requirements.”

Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 22, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years

Dec 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

“3 out of 10 children did not have an updated health statement signed by the doctor after 12 months of parent signage.”

Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 23, 2022.

All 5 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Nov 19, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 22, 2024	Inspection	9 deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 5, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 6, 2021	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 9, 2019.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 187 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).

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 11.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Kelso Head Start Center	2
Right Fit Kids Academy	10
Blessing Academy Ecc	6
Kandy Stripe Academy This child care provider	11
Tiny Land Learning Academy	2
Shoelaces Learning Center	12
Bastian Elementary Head Start Center	1
Yorkshire Academy	4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School	12
Brooke’s Learning Corner	4
School in the Pines	2
Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program	7

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

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).
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).
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).
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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