Dunkin Academy of Forney
A licensed child care center in Forney, Texas 75126
518 Pinson Rd, Forney, Texas 75126. (972) 564-2070.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Kaufman County: 1
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- Not star-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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 83 child care providers in Kaufman County had 1.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 12, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
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 report to the state on May 3, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the report to the state on May 3, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Employee Assignments, at the report to the state on May 3, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib, Cot, or Bed for Each Walking Infant
“During the time of the inspection, four crib mattresses were observed torn.”
May 5, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care
“At time of the inspection, the operation did not have a current fire inspection.”
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Required Personnel Records - Current Driver’s License
“A person was transporting children without a driver’s license. The person only had an identification card. This person no longer works at the operation.”
May 3, 2026: report to the state6 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
“The operation did not follow conditions or restrictions that the CBCU placed on a person?s presence at the operation. This person is no longer employed at the operation.”
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“The operation allowed a person to be present at the operation before receiving a background check determination of Eligible, Provisional Eligibility with Conditions, or Eligible with Conditions.”
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Director Responsibilities - Employee Assignments
“The director assigned a person to be a driver/caregiver and was aware that the person was not supposed to be alone with a child or group of children in care, including transportation. The person was also allowed to transport children without a valid driver?s license.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
“The operation allowed a person to transport without having documentation of current transportation safety training.”
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Required Admission Information - Transportation Permission
“The operation transported a child who was not enrolled in the operation.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
“At the time of the inspection, staff files were incomplete and did not contain or have the following documents available for review, including attendance records, transportation safety training documentation, CPR and First Aid certificates, and affidavits. One person did not have a file at the time of the inspection.”
Sep 17, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
“3 classrooms were observed to have diaper changing mats with holes making the mats absorbent.”
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Documentation for Directors - Governing Body/Director Designation Form
“The acting director is missing the controlling persons and governing body form to designate her as director.”
Aug 27, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“A child was served milk with a known milk allergy.”
Feb 14, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“The director needs an updated CPR / First Aid training.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 10, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“This standard was reviewed in part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. Good judgment was not demonstrated when staff pulled a mat from under children, that were standing on them, causing an injury. Good Judgment was also not demonstrated when an incident report was completed and signed, prior to having accurate information.”
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was reviewed in part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. A caregivers actions caused a child to be injured a finding of Reason to believe was found.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“This standard was reviewed in part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver pulled a mat while a child was standing on it causing significant injury to the child.”
Mar 2, 2022: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”
Dec 27, 2021: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“This standard was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found deficient. 2 older children in care were in a nap room with 2 year old children before a caregiver came into the room. The older children are not qualified caregivers, so the group was left unsupervised until the caregiver arrived to the room.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“This standard was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver injured a child after picking the child up and roughly putting them down on a mat when the child was disruptive during naptime. This action also scared other children in the room.”
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“This standard was evaluated during a DFPS investigation and found deficient. A child was injured by a caregiver at the operation on 12/21/21. The child obtained medical care. The operation did not report the incident until 12/27/21, which exceeded the 48 hour reporting time frame.”
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“This standard was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found deficient. A caregiver forcefully put a child down on a mat and covered the child’s head to make the child go to sleep.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 5, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 3, 2026 | Report to the state | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 23, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 30, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 31, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 5, 2021.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 9 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 Oct 31, 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 83 child care providers in Kaufman County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Eangee Anderson | 1 |
| Janel Lapp | Not given |
| Smart Start Montessori School | 12 |
| April Hicks | 10 |
| Christy Marie Hardy | 0 |
| Primrose School of Forney at Gateway | 17 |
| The Goddard School of Forney | 10 |
| Heartland Home Daycare | 11 |
| Children’s Lighthouse of Forney | 15 |
| Dunkin Academy of Forney This child care provider | 13 |
| Sonia Moore | 0 |
| Jenny Powell | 7 |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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