Hearth Record

Charlene Wallace

A registered child care home in Houston, Texas 77084

5407 W Harrow Dr, Houston, Texas 77084. (985) 817-6656.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. 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?

8 deficiencies 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 Feb 25, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 deficiencies 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.

Feb 25, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Floor Plan

    “The floor plan for the child care home for the new address was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.5007(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

  • Must Have at Least One 3A-40BC Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher or Fire Extinguisher Approved by Fire Marshal

    “There were no Fire Extinguisher available in the home during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2026.

Jun 26, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “The annual training for the permit holder was not current, last training documentation was observed competed in May 2024.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The backyard was observed with lawn equipment, tires and grilling items that is accessible to children in care, the grass in the backyard was observed not maintained.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The parents rights section was observed missing from the operational policies.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “One child admission information was observed missing the parent’s contact information, authrorization for pick up contact information.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child did not have the immunization records for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.

  • Required Health Statement

    “Five children files were reviewed and did not have the required health statement signed by heath care physician.”

    Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2025.

14 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “The admission information for one child was not available to review.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 26, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 25, 2023.

Jun 28, 2023: inspection12 deficiencies

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

    “The CPR/FA certification for the permit holder was not available for reviewed.”

    Rule 747.1303(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Children Handwashing Before Eating

    “Hand washing was observe not being done before the children started eating lunch. This was corrected when the primary caregiver took the children to the restroom to wash their hands.”

    Rule 747.3213(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 28, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Kitchen area was osberved with tools and electrical equipment, and a ceiling fan on the floor. Backyard area was observed not being maintained, dog feces was observed on the concrete floor, grass was observed not being trimmed and maintained.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Floor Plan

    “The floor plan showing emergency diagram was not available for reviewed.”

    Rule 747.5007(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “The Fire Extinguisher was observed available but not mounted.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Planned Activities - Designed to meet individual needs and developmental levels of children in the group

    “There were no daily activities plans was observed available for children in care during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2101. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “A 2 years old was observed watching television with content that is not related to the daily activities.”

    Rule 747.2105(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements-License

    “The requried postings was observed not available for reviewed during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “The admission information for two children ages 5yo and 2yo were not available for reviewed.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Two children admission files was observed missing the immunization records for review.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

    “The vaccination records for one dog observed available at the home was not available for reviewed.”

    Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “The Safety Emergency drill documentation for the child care home was observed has not been updated since February 2023.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

Aug 30, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “22 hours of annual training for the permit holder was observed available and missing 8 hours of annual trainings required.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 25, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 26, 2025Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jul 24, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 28, 2023Inspection12 deficiencies cited
Aug 30, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 17, 2021.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 6 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?

  • 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 8.
Source:

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Charlene Wallace This child care provider8
The Bear Creek Kindercare8
Bear Creek UMC School1
Maria R Tafhurt1
Katy Isd East Transportation8
Graciela FonsecaNot given
Little Leaders Academy2
Little Hearts Learning Center8
Sylvia Home Child Care4
Trang Pham Duong9
Adriana MartinezNot given
Mon Petit Learning Center1
Tuyen Ly8

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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