New Braunfels Head Start Center
A licensed child care center in New Braunfels, Texas 78130
1023 W Bridge St, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. (830) 294-0142.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Comal County: 4
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 61 child care providers in Comal County had 4.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 29, 2026: outcome pending.
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 8, 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 Jul 19, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Jul 19, 2024
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
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
May 8, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a preschool child was left alone in the restroom unsupervised for approximately one minute.”
Jul 19, 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
“Based on the video and interviews conducted, two staff did not conduct a name to face while lining the children up to go back to the classroom from a bathroom break. This resulted in a child being left out in the foyer area unsupervised for less than a minute.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“Based on interviews, the parent was not informed about the incident until the next day.”
Jul 1, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the interviews and video, a caregiver did not use good judgment when a child was refusing to brush her teeth and the caregiver sat her down in a chair and was forcefully brushing her teeth for her as she was crying.”
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Care Requirements for Toddlers - Routines Maintained
“Based on the interviews, diaper-changing procedures were not being maintained closely when a child was observed several times with a soiled pull-up.”
Jan 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“A couple of bottles in the infant room were not labeled with the last initial. This was corrected when the teacher labeled the bottles correctly.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib, Cot, or Bed for Each Walking Infant
“An 11-month-old non-walking infant was observed sleeping on a cot.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Nov 8, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily
“When observing the outdoor play area, due to the weather the playscape was wet and the children could have slipped and harmed themeselves. The hose used outside was not wrapped up and was accessible for children to trip and fall causing harm. The excess weed blocker used for the outdoor grounds was exposed and accessible to children. This was CORRECTED when the director wrapped the hose around the hose holder, cut the excess weed blocker, and the playground playscape was dried off.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 8, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 26, 2022.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 45 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.
- 5 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 61 child care providers in Comal County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| New Braunfels Head Start Center This child care provider | 7 |
| Gruene Tree Learning Center | 3 |
| Through A Child’s Eyes | 3 |
| Tiffany Hasty | 1 |
| Early Learning Cottage | 3 |
| Ixtchel Fisher | 0 |
| Y School Age @seele | 1 |
| Crossroads Church and Preschool | 8 |
| Rosemary Montoya | Not given |
| First Protestant School | 35 |
| The Children’s Courtyard, Inc. | 12 |
| A Creative Learning Ctr | 4 |
| Peggy Podgurski | 2 |
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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