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A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78757

8620 Burnet Rd Ste 500, Austin, Texas 78757. (512) 710-5694.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 24, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Ensure Total Number of Children Both At and Away From Operation Within Capacity, at the inspection on Jun 18, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the report to the state on Jun 16, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Nov 17, 2025

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

9 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											Nov	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

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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

AP Ensure Total Number of Children Both At and Away From Operation Within Capacity

“At inspection, the operation had 51 children in care, when they are licensed for 49.”

Rule 744.201(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 24, 2026.

Jun 16, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

“At inspection, two caregivers present, at the operation and working with children, did not have cleared background checks.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 24, 2026.

Apr 1, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.

“Two caregivers were missing First Aid certifications on file.”

Rule 744.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 8, 2026. Correction verified: May 18, 2026.
Documentation CPR-1st aid includes participant’s name, training date, training title, trainer’s name, length of training and expiration date

“One caregiver was not able to locate their CPR card, even though they had taken the training within the last two years.”

Rule 744.1331(b). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 8, 2026. Correction verified: May 26, 2026.
Update Admission Information - Procedure

“Five out of six children admission forms were missing parent signatures.”

Rule 744.609(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2026.

Nov 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

“A caregiver was present at the operation without a current background check.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2025.

Nov 13, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

“During an investigation inspection it was found that injuries that required medical attention were not reported to CCR.”

Rule 744.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2025.

May 8, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines

“Out of the six staff files reviewed, one staff member did not have CPR training that included hands-on skills practice, and another had an expired CPR/First Aid certification.”

Rule 744.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 30, 2025.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“There was no current sanitation inspection available for review.”

Rule 744.2501(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 29, 2025.

1 deficiency older than three years

Aug 12, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.

“Out of 6 staff files reviewed one was missing a current CPR/First aid training.”

Rule 744.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2022.

All 10 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jun 24, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 18, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 16, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 1, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Nov 17, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Nov 13, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
May 8, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jun 24, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 25, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 12, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 2, 2019.
Licensed for ages: School.
Capacity: 49 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 9.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Faith Lutheran Child Development Center	7
Covenant Presbyterian Preschool	1
Austin Montessori School Great Northern Campus	6
Wild Heart Preschool	8
Beverly Harkey	0
Idea Lab - Austin This child care provider	9
Snapdragon Preschool	3
Fiorella Di Reggio Emilia School	7
Gullett Eac YMCA	4
Brentwood Eac YMCA	4
Megan Baker	54
St. Louis Early Childhood Development Center	14

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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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