Alphabest @ Berkshire- Northwest
A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76131
10301 Berkshire Lake Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76131. (469) 500-1631.
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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 Tarrant County: 3
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 25, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions, at the inspection on Sep 10, 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 inspection on Sep 18, 2025
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 11, 2025
2 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 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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.
Sep 10, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
“A caregiver was present, alone, supervising a group of children violating the condition that they must be supervised by another caregiver.”
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“At the time of the inspection it was found communication was not provided by the Program Director regarding restrictions on a caregiver’s background check that led to a violation of the conditions.”
Nov 14, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“Two of the caregivers continue to not have the completed 15 hours of annual training. One caregiver needs 3 hours and another caregiver needs 11.5 hours.”
Oct 3, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“The 2 files reviewed did not have the completed annual training.”
Sep 18, 2025: inspection2 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
“Children were observed leaving rooms and moving around without the caregivers knowledge.”
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Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
“2 of the 4 files reviewed did not have the completed annual training.”
Jul 11, 2025: 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
“The caregivers were not within proximity to intervene and prevent the injury of a child.”
Jun 20, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they sent children to the restroom independently and did not following policies in regard to propping open doors.”
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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
“Children were sent to the restroom without caregiver supervision.”
Nov 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist
“The monthly check of play space has not been conducted by operation.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 3, 2023: 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
“A caregiver did not have proximity to the child to ensure safety while outside, as a result a child fell off from an outdoor structure and got injured.”
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Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption with HS Diploma/GED- Not in Charge of Group
“A caregiver under the age of 18 years old was in charge of a group of children.”
Feb 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Fire drills were not conducted for past two months.”
Aug 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Provide Access to Children’s Records - During Hours of Operation
“The person in charge of the program at the time of the inspection did not know how to access the children information using the electronic device.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 11, 2022.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 160 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.
- 3 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little America Daycare | 18 |
| Alphabest @ Nance Elementary - Northwest | 14 |
| Mary Ann’s Childcare | 0 |
| Primrose School of NW Fort Worth | 9 |
| Timathea Griffith | 9 |
| The Goddard School of Fort Worth | 9 |
| Northwest YMCA Copper Creek Elementary | 5 |
| Alphabest @ Berkshire- Northwest This child care provider | 10 |
| YMCA Gililland Elementary | 6 |
| Margie Davis | 16 |
| YMCA Hatley Elementary | 13 |
| Arica Busby | Not given |
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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