Hearth Record

Darlyne Smith

A registered child care home in Houston, Texas 77048

5203 Kilkenny Dr, Houston, Texas 77048. (713) 991-5909.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. Most serious: Medium. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 3, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Oct 8, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “Primary caregiver file was missing the required 30 clock hours of trainings.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2024.

13 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 10, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Caregivers- Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR

    “There was no current first aid/cpr training for primary caregiver to review during inspection. First aid/cpr training was observed expired 3/2023.”

    Rule 747.1303(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 24, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2023.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Tweezers

    “The first aid kit was observed missing tweezers during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2023.

Oct 25, 2022: inspection11 deficiencies

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “There was no record of smoke detector testing available for review during inspection.”

    Rule 747.5115. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    The inspectors’ words, 136 words

    “The operational policy was observed missing the required information on procedures for the release of children, procedures for dispensing medications, procedures for handling medical emergencies, procedures for parental notification, discipline and guidance policy, safe sleep for infants 12 months old or younger, animals, promotion of physical activity including benefits of physical activity, duration of physical activity, type of physical activity, setting it will take place, recommended clothing and foot wear and plan for extreme weather, procedures for parent to review and discuss questions/concerns about policies and procedures, procedures for parents to participate in the center’s operation and activities, Procedures for parents to review copy of most recent inspection report, and how to access minimum standards, instructions on how parents may contact local licensing office, Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline and DFPS website, and Emergency Preparedness plan.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Inspect Daily

    “There were hazards observed in the outdoor playspace including a gas generator, barbeque pits, paint buckets, poles that were sticking out of the ground, exercise machines, a tire, and broken boards on the ground all accessible to children.”

    Rule 747.4407(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2022.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “There were no fire drills documented for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “Two fire extinguishers were observed sitting on the kitchen floor not mounted on the wall during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Two fire extinguishers observed were last serviced on April of 2019 during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Document Test Date, Battery Installation Date and Staff Name conducting Testing and Installation

    “There was no documentation for review of testing of carbon monoxide detector available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.5337(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “There were no written activity plans written or followed for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A 15 month old infant was observed having screen time during the inspection. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was observed turning off the television and giving the infant another activity to do.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 25, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “One out of the three files reviewed was missing a enrollment admissions form for the child.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

  • Records for Primary Caregiver - Training Hours

    “There were no records of required training hours to review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.909(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 3, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 8, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 10, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 25, 2022Inspection11 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Oct 6, 1999.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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: 2-Star (the first 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 1.
Source:

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

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Patricia Neil SmithNot given
Veronique Roberts1
Mary’s Little Lamb Learning Center15
Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Orem15
Growth Academy, LLC2
Darlyne Smith This child care provider1
Jacquelina Miller0
Codwell Elementary School2
Cheryl Babineaux Richard15
Helen’s Haven Childcare14
Tanyika Shantell Gentry1
Right Fit Kids Academy- Cullen4

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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