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Kids Humpty Dumpty Academy, LLC

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76010

1601 E Abram St, Arlington, Texas 76010. (817) 275-8961.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 26 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

26 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

20 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 29, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Nov 18, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Nov 18, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language, at the report to the state on Sep 16, 2025

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

26 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

26 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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.

Sep 29, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One out of ten children did not have a health statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

Mar 10, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “During the monitoring visit, there were there were three bottles and two sippy cups not labeled in the infant classroom. The director entered the classroom and labeled the bottles with a Sharpie with the infant’s first name.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

Dec 18, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “During the visit, there was one caregiver who did not have a CPR certificate available for review.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2026.

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

    “During the visit, there was one caregiver who did not have a First Aid certificate available for review.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “During the visit, the playground equipment toy was missing a bolt to secure it to the ground. The equipment is located on the playground.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Two out of ten children did not have updated shots available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2026.

Nov 18, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was evaluated regarding an investigation, and a violation was found. It was determined that the caregiver has physically disciplined their own child while in care at the operation.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “This standard was evaluated regarding an investigation, and a violation was found. Through interviews and observations, it was determined that the caregiver used inappropriate language by yelling at young children in care at the operation.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2025.

Oct 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “During the follow-up visit, I observed the young children eating breakfast while the television was on in the eating area of the operation. The director turned the television off upon request.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2025.

Sep 18, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “During the visit, the mulch was below level on the outdoor playground.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

Sep 16, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language

    “This standard was evaluated with regard to an investigation, and a violation was found. The caregivers used profanity and yelling when communicating with young children in care.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2025.

May 30, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Parent right to enter and examine operation without advance notice

    “This standard was evaluated with regard to an investigation and a violation was found. It was determined that parents are allowed to enter the building to sign children in and out of the operation. A caregiver or director will bring the children to the front or take the children to the back in the area where the classrooms are located. Parents do not have access to enter classrooms at the operation.”

    Rule 746.521(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2025.

Feb 20, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

    “Five out of ten staff did not have the orientation training hours available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “Three out of ten staff members did not have the orientation documentation available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2025.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The second director present for the monitoring visit did not have a current transportation certificate available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2025.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “Two children did not have the food allergy form available for review signed by the parent and the physician.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 11, 2025.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “The operation had a fire inspection conducted on 10/2023 available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Two out of ten staff did not have the required annual trainings for shaken baby syndrome, prevention of SIDS, understanding early childhood brain development, emergency preparedness, communicable disease, preventing and controlling food allergies, building premises, and handling and storing certificates available for review during the monitoring visit.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2025.

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

    “One child did not have an updated feeding form. The last form available for review was from December 2024.”

    Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Three out of ten children did not have up-to-date shot records available for review during the monitor visit.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 19, 2025.

Apr 9, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “The operation had one infant sleep in a restrictive device for twenty minutes. Three children were on restrictive devices for over twenty minutes.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The operation did not have a fire extinguisher on the transportation bus.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2024.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “The operation put a first aid kit in the transportation vehicle during monitoring inspection.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “Two children were in a high chair without safety straps. The director threw the two high chairs in the outside trash during the visit.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care

    “During the inspection on 4.9.24, the operation did not have the current fire inspection available for review. The fire inspection was not submitted to CCR until after the inspection was completed.”

    Rule 746.801(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Two out of 10 staff files did not have an affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
May 2, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation did not have a current gas leak inspection on file for review.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 17, 2023. Correction verified: May 18, 2023.

Jul 26, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

    “Operation still has not brought van into compliance with a child safety alarm.”

    Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2022.

May 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

    “Operation brought a new van less than a year old does not have a child safety alarm.”

    Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2022.

  • Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

    “Swing does not have any loose-fill.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 28, 2022.

All 25 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 29, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 10, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 18, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Nov 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 18, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Oct 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 18, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 16, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 26, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 30, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 20, 2025Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Apr 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 9, 2024Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jun 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 7, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
May 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 2, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 26, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 27, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 8, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 130 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.
  • 4 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 26.
Source:

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

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.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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