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Ama YMCA @ Short Elementary

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76015

2000 California Ln, Arlington, Texas 76015. (817) 274-9622.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on May 13, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 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.

Dec 11, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation has not updated/verified their liability insurance. This was due by 11/05/2025.”

    Rule 744.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2025.

Nov 14, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “Operation staff records were not available for review at the operation’s main office.”

    Rule 744.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2025.

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The operation does not have a qualified director. The operation’s director certificate expired on 08/14/2025.”

    Rule 744.1055. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2025.

Oct 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The operation does not have a qualified director. The operation’s director certificate expired on 08/14/2025.”

    Rule 744.1055. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.

Oct 15, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The operation does not have a qualified director. The operation’s director certificate expired on 08/14/2025.”

    Rule 744.1055. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 29, 2025.

Feb 20, 2025: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.

    “One of the four staff members did not have current pediatric first aid on file, the most current certificate expired in April 2024.”

    Rule 744.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 19, 2025.

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR

    “One of the four staff member did not have current pediatric CPR on file, the most current certificate expired in April 2024.”

    Rule 744.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 19, 2025.

Jan 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.

    “One of the four staff members did not have current pediatric first aid on file, the most current certificate expired in April 2024.”

    Rule 744.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 20, 2025.

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR

    “One of the four staff member did not have current pediatric CPR on file, the most current certificate expired in April 2024.”

    Rule 744.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 20, 2025.

Dec 17, 2024: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.

    “one of the four staff members did not have current pediatric first aid on file.”

    Rule 744.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2025.

  • Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR

    “One of the four staff member did not have current pediatric CPR on file.”

    Rule 744.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2025.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 28, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan

    “One child with noted food allergies did not have a food allergy action plan on file.”

    Rule 744.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2023.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “Six of 8 children’s records reviewed did not have signed documentation showing the parents were provided with a copy of the operational policies.”

    Rule 744.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2023.

Oct 21, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “The operation has three children with food allergies and no food allergy action plan on file.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 16, 2022.

Sep 13, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “The operation has three children with food allergies and no food allergy action plan on file.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 21, 2022.

  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation failed to notify CCR of a change in site director for this location.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2022.

Apr 8, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation did not have proof of current insurance during this visit.”

    Rule 744.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.

Mar 1, 2022: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Designating Director

    “The permit holder failed to designate a qualified site director for this location. The operation was cited 2 months ago for failing to notify licensing of change of site director.”

    Rule 744.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.

  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation failed to notify licensing that the cite director has changed.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2022.

Jan 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation change site director and did not notify licensing.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 24, 2022.

Dec 15, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation did not notify licensing that they’ve change licensing.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2021.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 11, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2025Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Oct 29, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 15, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Feb 20, 2025Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 17, 2024Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 28, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 21, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Sep 13, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 8, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 1, 2022Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 15, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 22, 2022.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 75 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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 11.
Source:

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

11 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kelley Simpson0
Ama YMCA @ Short Elementary This child care provider11
Tarrant County Kids @ Foster Elementary0
Milagros PachecoNot given
Children’s Learning Center16
Merryhill School8
Woods Chapel Baptist Early Childhood Ed8
Saint Timothy Cumberland7
Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA0
Jami Robertson11
Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare0
St. Philip Preschool23

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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An example nursing home

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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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