Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77018
2109 W 34th St, Houston, Texas 77018. (713) 588-0263.
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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 Harris County: 4
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 18 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 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
18 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 12, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Feb 12, 2026
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 Apr 4, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Apr 4, 2025
1 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 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Feb 12, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“A caregiver was present caring for children without a background check. A background check was submitted for the caregiver during the inspection, and the caregiver was no longer in charge of children.”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“A child on the allergy list does not have the required allergy medication.”
Sep 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“A caregiver had an expiration date of 8/2025.”
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Required Personnel Records -Training Hours
“The operation was not able to provide the trainings for four caregivers.”
Apr 4, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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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
“There was a child that was unsupervised in the operation.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not report that a child was unsupervised.”
Dec 11, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Provide care consistent with child’s habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
“It was determined that a child was found unsupervised in the hallway outside the classroom.”
Apr 22, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver with an inactive background as of 11/17/2023 was observed delivering items to classrooms.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The two drivers and both directors transportation training was not available.”
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Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors counted in ratio
“Two contract workers who were counted into ratio and working with a group of children did not meet caregivers qualifications. One contract working was missing CPR and First Aid. Both were missing training and orientation for the operation.”
12 deficiencies older than three years
May 1, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Substitutes, volunteers, and contractors who do not meet caregiver qualifications must never be left alone with children
“A group of children were left in care of contract/ vendor worker without caregiver qualifications.”
Jun 7, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“One caregiver only had 1 hour of transportation and the directors expired on 1/4/21 and 10/14/2020.”
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Caring for Children Above or Below Ground Level
“The operation did not have documentation allowing children on the second floor.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“One child is missing emergency contact information and two children are missing address for their emergency contact.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“A caregiver did not have any affidavit in their file.”
May 19, 2022: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“Children were not being supervised when they were able to walk out the emergency door leading to the outside of the building.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“During the investigation it was determine that children were placed at risk when they walked out the emergency door on two different occasions and days the operation did not make a report to licensing the first time this happened.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The permit holder was not in compliance with ensuring supervision is being maintained by director and caregivers with children in care. The operation has been cited twice within their 12 months after issuance for children not being supervised.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The operation was found to not have provider any incident report to a parent of a child that was placed at risk that is required by minimum standards.”
Jan 6, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“The director was not in compliance with ensuring supervision is being maintained with children in care. The operation was previously cited on 8/25/2021 for a child being left unsupervised.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“It was determined that a 20 month old child was left alone in a classroom with the lights off when the caregivers took the class to the playground.”
Dec 16, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“During review of fire safety the operation was found to not have a current fire inspection.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 1, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 19, 2022 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 8, 2021.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 268 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.
- 4 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Joy Caka | 4 |
| The Little Learning Place | 5 |
| St Matthews Cdc | 22 |
| St Rose of Lima | 2 |
| Kidventure After School @ St. Rose of Lima | 7 |
| Children Today | 71 |
| Sproutstart Academy | 10 |
| Goswami Academy | 14 |
| Primrose School of Garden Oaks | 12 |
| Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest This child care provider | 10 |
| Village Montessori | 45 |
| Oak Forest Academy | 26 |
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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