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Cardinal Childcare Center

A licensed child care center in Melissa, Texas 75454

3233 W Fannin Rd, Melissa, Texas 75454. (214) 386-2415.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

23 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 30, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Aug 29, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Feb 21, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training, at the report to the state on Feb 21, 2024

1 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

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

4 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.

Aug 29, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “The standard is evaluated for a standard investigation and is not found compliant. A child made an outcry to a parent that a caregiver pinched them which poses a risk to bodily harm.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2025.

Feb 21, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services and was found to be deficient. The caregiver’s actions were aggressive and included grabbing and verbal threats. Witnesses reported the caregiver yanked a child’s jacket, pulled a child by the wrist, and used threats to control behavior. Multiple interviews with caregivers confirmed these actions, indicating a pattern of aggressive behavior.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training

    The inspectors’ words, 94 words

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services and was found to be deficient. The caregiver threw away food before children were done eating, forced a child to use the bathroom, and yanked a mat from underneath a child during nap time. Specific incidents include discarding a child’s food for talking too much, forcing bathroom use against their will, and disrupting naps by pulling away mats, causing children to fall. These actions were confirmed by multiple interviews with caregivers who observed these inappropriate disciplinary measures.”

    Rule 746.2805(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services and was found to be deficient. Multiple testimonies indicated the caregiver used verbally harsh and abusive language. Witnesses reported the caregiver used derogatory and demeaning language, creating an emotionally harmful environment.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A child that has been enrolled since 2020 does not have a health statement completed by a health care professional.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2023.

Mar 1, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “As a result of an investigation it was determined that this standard is deficient. A caregiver pulled a child by their wrist across a table.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 6, 2023.

  • Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior

    “As a result of an investigation it was determined that this standard is deficient. A caregiver did not use appropriate redirection with a child when the child moved into an area behind the table where they were not supposed to be.”

    Rule 746.2803(4)(C). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 6, 2023.

Sep 15, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “While evaluating employee files, I observed that one employee did not have a current copy of first aid training in their file. The director stated the employee has completed the training but has not yet received the card.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2022.

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

    “While evaluating employee files, I observed that one employee did not have a current copy of CPR training in their file. The director stated the employee has completed the training but has not yet received the card.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification

    “While reviewing employee records, I observed that one employee was missing a copy of their photo identification. The director corrected this at the inspection.”

    Rule 746.901(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “I observed while reviewing personnel records that three operation employees were missing the signed employee affidavit form their employee files.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2022.

All 34 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 22, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Aug 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 20, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 29, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 29, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Aug 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2024Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jan 31, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 1, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Feb 27, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 15, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jun 28, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 25, 2019.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • Capacity: 160 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.
  • 11 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 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Source:

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

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Cardinal Childcare Center This child care provider4
Arrow Academy2
Pinnacle Montessori of Melissa13
The Sunny Days Schoolhouse0
N4 Montessori Academy of Melissa14
Little Seeds Learning Center LLC1
Alyssa BattlesNot given
Melissa Kindercare13
Tiny Cardinals Home Daycare LLC1
Primrose School of Melissa9
Farah Verde0
Denice Merryfield1

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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