Sarah Brattain

A licensed child care home in Lake Dallas, Texas 75065

311 Surf St, Lake Dallas, Texas 75065. (972) 891-2263.

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The short answer

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

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Denton County: 3
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
7 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on May 13, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans, at the inspection on May 13, 2026

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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.

May 13, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

“The operational policies did not include the emergency preparedness plan.”

Rule 747.501(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2026. Correction verified: May 21, 2026.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation did not conduct a fire drill during the months of January and March.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2026. Correction verified: May 21, 2026.

Jun 27, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies

Permit holder responsibilities- Licensed Homes

“Primary caregiver has falsified CPR training certificates for herself and her substitute caregiver.”

Rule 747.117(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 9, 2025.
Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

“Primary caregiver and substitute caregiver have expiring CPR training certificates.”

Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2025.

May 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

“Primary caregiver and substitute caregiver had expiring CPR trainings.”

Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2025.
Children’s Records - Admission Information

“Two children have admission forms from 2008. One child only has the front page of the admission form.”

Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2025.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“Two children that have been at the operation for more than 12 months is missing a health care statement from a doctor or health professional.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2025.

Jun 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Update Admission Information - Procedure

“Operation did not have updated admission forms that included special care needs. Attached to email is an updated admission form 2935.”

Rule 747.609(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 19, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years

Sep 22, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The written operational policies do not include a promotion of physical activity section.”

Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2023.

Aug 1, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“The operation does not have infant feeding instructions for infants in care.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2023.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The written operational policies does not include a promotion of physical activity section and needs to be reviewed for completion.”

Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2023.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

“The operation does not have updated pet vaccination information for two household dogs.”

Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2023.

All 10 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
May 13, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2025	Assessment	2 deficiencies cited
May 29, 2025	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Oct 3, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 2, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 5, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Sep 22, 2023	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Aug 1, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Apr 28, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 29, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jun 17, 2019.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 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 .

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 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 8.

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

11 of the 490 in Denton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Alphabest @ Lake Dallas ? Lake Dallas	4
Childrens Learning Station	1
Sarah Brattain This child care provider	8
Four Seasons Early Learning Academy	6
Primrose School of Hickory Creek	2
Footprints Preschool	1
The Learning Experience	2
Seasons Preschool	1
Holy Covenant Early Childhood Development Program	0
Kay’s Kids In-Home Daycare	0
Lala’s Home Daycare	0
Ridge Preschool	3

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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