Dinah Jones
A registered child care home in Fort Worth, Texas 76123
2721 Adams Fall Ln, Fort Worth, Texas 76123. (682) 224-5784.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 20, 2026: no violation found.
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 Oct 9, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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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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.
Oct 9, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A household member was allowed to have direct access to children in care prior to obtaining the background check determination of eligible, eligible with conditions, or provisionally eligible with conditions. The household member was left in charge of the children in the primary caregiver’s absence.”
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Primary Caregiver’s Absence - Qualified Caregiver in Charge
“The primary caregiver was not present in the home and left an unqualified person in charge of the children in care.”
Aug 24, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training
“The primary and assistant caregivers did not have current transportation safety training certificates available for review during the inspection. The certificates were from 8/10/25.”
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Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required
“The primary caregiver’s annual training hours for the previous training year (3/2025 - 3/2026) were not available for review at the time of inspection.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“One child did not have a health statement on file.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“One child’s record lacked the name, address, and telephone number of the child’s physician or an emergency care facility.”
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Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation
“Smoke & carbon monoxide detectors have not been tested since May 2026.”
Sep 3, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training
“The primary caregivers transportation safety training expired on 8/10/2025. The substitute caregivers transportation training was unavailable for review during the inspection.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“There are parts of the outdoor fence that are broken as well as a tree that fell over that needs to be removed from the backyard active play space.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“One child’s food allergy emergency plan was not signed by the parent or the health care professional.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One child’s up to date immunization’s records were unavailable for review during the inspection.”
Sep 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Three children do not have health statements or parent signatures verifying they have been examined by a health care professional in the past year.”
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Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation
“Safety documentation for emergency drills, fire extinguishers and smoke detectors was unavailable for review. This was corrected at inspection when the provider documented the last emergency checks done last month. A smoke detector nd fire extinguisher was inspected and tested.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 17, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Communicable Disease
“The operation failed to report a communicable disease to Child Care Regulation.”
Mar 2, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired
“There are 2 posts/slats missing from the fence in the backyard play area.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“At the time of inspection, 2 childrens files lacked current health statement documentation.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“At the time of inspection, 2 children’s files lacked current immunization documentation.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 30, 2020.
- 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.
- 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
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 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Valerie Davis | 7 |
| Nkemjika Kanu | 0 |
| Crowley Isd Employee Child Development Center | 4 |
| Dear Ones Daycare & Preschool | 11 |
| All My Children Academy | 8 |
| Early Head Start Collaboration and Family Center | 10 |
| Lisa’s Daycare | 0 |
| Dinah Jones This child care provider | 13 |
| Carla Vines | Not given |
| Towuna Freeman | 5 |
| Ward Every Early Childhood Training Academy | 10 |
| Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger | 21 |
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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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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