The Children’s Courtyard, Inc.
A licensed child care center in Grand Prairie, Texas 75052
5555 Lake Ridge Pkwy, Grand Prairie, Texas 75052. (817) 640-5433.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 35 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
35 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 6, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Oct 7, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jun 4, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Aug 23, 2024
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.
Apr 10, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“Based on a DFPS Investigation the operation did not notify a parent of an injury during pick up.”
Oct 7, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“One out of ten student files were missing medical authorization.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Emergency contact infromation was missing for one out of ten student files.”
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Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
“Two out of ten student files did not have updated immunizations.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
“Four out of ten employees were missing an updated affidavit.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Five out of ten student files are missing a health statement.”
Jun 4, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This was found to be deficient when two four-year-olds were left unsupervised.”
Aug 23, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and a deficiency was found. A caregiver inappropriately grabbed a three-year-old child under their arm.”
Jul 25, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. There is sufficient evidence to support the allegation that a caregiver pulled a child off the ground by the arm.”
May 23, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. There is sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver was yelling at children.”
All 56 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 31, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 16, 2020.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 181 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.
- 21 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?
- 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Jami Robertson | 11 |
| Tarrant County Kids at Farrell Elementary | 7 |
| Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Grand Prairie | 1 |
| The Children’s Courtyard, Inc. This child care provider | 10 |
| Simona Kazee | 1 |
| Flip Childcare & Learning Center LLC | 8 |
| Tuoi Thi Nguyen | 0 |
| N.o.a.h-Nannies of America in A Home Childcare | 0 |
| Abbagayle Cardenas | 1 |
| Diep Thi Vu | 3 |
| The Learning Experience | 8 |
| Simon Says Home Child Care | 0 |
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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