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Crayons Day Care

A licensed child care center in El Paso, Texas 79924

4958 Hondo Pass Dr, El Paso, Texas 79924. (915) 755-1108.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: 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 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 8, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Sep 8, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Dec 7, 2023

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: 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.

Sep 8, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “In review of children’s records, two children did not have authorization for medical emergency care available for reivew.”

    Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2026.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “In review of records two transportation drivers did not have proof of transportation training available for review.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2026.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 Report with a run date of 01/17/2025 indicates that the operation did not report the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by the required date of 1/15/2025.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2025.

Nov 1, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “Operation has two children with food allergies who do not have allergy emergency plans available for review.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Company van has a fire extinguisher in the transportation vehicle that needs servicing. The last service date is 07/2023.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website

    “Operational Policies did not contain contact information for the HHS website. This was corrected at inspection when the director updated the policy handbook with the HHS website.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(23). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2024.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Operation did not have one child’s record available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

    “Operation did not have a current children’s product certifcation form 2885 completed and available for review. This was corrected at inspection when the director reviewed the children’s product certification web site and completed form 2885 provided by inspector.”

    Rule 746.801(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2024.

Dec 7, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Operation had a caregiver present and working in the toddler room without a clear background check.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2024.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Tweezers

    “First Aid kits in toddler and infant rooms were missing tweezers. This was corrected at inspection when director added tweezers to both first aide kits.”

    Rule 746.4003(a)(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2023.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “Operation did not have documentation showing a lock down drill was conducted in the month of November 2023.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 21, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 3, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 16, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

    “A flat screen TV in the school-age room was not securely mounted. This was corrected at inspection when the TV was removed from the room and placed into the director’s office to be securely mounted later.”

    Rule 746.3701(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2022.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “The operation did not have current documentation of fire drills. This was corrected at inspection when a fire drill was conducted and the children were able to exit withing three minutes.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2022.

  • Posting of Activity Plan

    “The operation did not have activity plans posted.”

    Rule 746.2209. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 27, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2022.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant

    “Cribs in the infant room were not labeled. This was corrected at inspection when the cribs were labled with children’s names.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Two employee files were missing a notarized affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 30, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2022.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 8, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 1, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jan 3, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 7, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jan 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 15, 1996.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 85 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 11.
Source:

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

12 of the 371 in El Paso County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Crayons Day Care This child care provider11
Wee Care11
John E Uxer Head Start Site15
Kims Day Care7
Flying Colors Learning Center #56
A Place to Grow III8
Hollywood Kids Day Care8
Paradise Learning Center8
Nancys Daycare4
Coras Day Care8
Branon Head Start1
Sun City Child Development Center20
Ice Castles Too, Inc. Learning Center & Child Care13

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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