YMCA Children’s Academy at Avenue Center
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77009
3517 Irvington Blvd Ste 101, Houston, Texas 77009. (713) 692-3457.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 4-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?
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 19, 2026: no violation found.
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 May 2, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on May 2, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2024. 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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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
May 2, 2024: 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 is sufficient evidence to support supervision concerns.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“There is sufficient evidence to support after ensuring the safety of a child, the parents were not notified immediately after the child was involved in a non-routine situation that placed a child at risk for injury or harm.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 6, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“There was no current annual fire inspection report available for review during the inspection. The most recent report was dated 7/7/22.”
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Fire Extinguishers Serviced
“Fire extinguishers were observed last serviced 5/2022.”
Feb 3, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation did not report the number of employees that left employment in the 2022 calendar year by January 15.”
Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 6, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 22, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 72 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.
- 6 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
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 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Greater Heights School | 0 |
| St Marks Child Development | 8 |
| Zion Lutheran Preschool | 3 |
| YMCA Children’s Academy at Avenue Center This child care provider | 2 |
| Kidventure After School at Travis Elementary | 0 |
| Dreamland Daycare & Early Learning Center | 4 |
| The Learning Experience- Houston Heights | 0 |
| Houston Heights Montessori | 0 |
| Browning Head Start Center | 0 |
| Wesley Community Center Day School | 0 |
| Helen Marie Muzyka | Not given |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
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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