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Martin Luther King Jr Recreation Center

A licensed child care center in Denton, Texas 76205

1300 Wilson St, Denton, Texas 76205. (940) 349-8576.

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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 Jul 2026. 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 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

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 Jul 2026. 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.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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.

Jul 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child was missing the full immunization information.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2026.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 11, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “Based on information gathered during inspection and observations made, the operation has not been ensuring the child safety system is working and accurate van checks have not been conducted.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2023.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “A child in care with a known food allergy does not have a food allergy plan on file.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2023.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation does not have a completed gas leak test.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 26, 2023.

Aug 15, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “The operations emergency preparedness plan is incomplete and missing the following information: How children will be relocated, relocation diagram, address for alternate shelter, how staff will continue care for children, and a reunification plan.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Benefits

    “The operational policies does not include a promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activities section.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 21, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 2, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
May 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 28, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 11, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 15, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 3, 2021.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 18 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 1.
Source:

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

11 of the 490 in Denton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Southmont Baptist Church4
Alphabet Academy0
Lisa Bracken3
Yolanda Miller0
Martin Luther King Jr Recreation Center This child care provider1
Miss Pams Toddler Care3
Countryside Montessori2
Holy Covenant Early Childhood Development Program0
Kay’s Kids In-Home Daycare0
Lala’s Home Daycare0
Ridge Preschool3
Legacy Montessori Academy38

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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