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Joanna Lara

A registered child care home in Forney, Texas 75126

1022 Brigham Dr, Forney, Texas 75126. (210) 852-7957.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 83 child care providers in Kaufman County had 1.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 7, 2026: 6 deficiencies cited.

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 Jul 7, 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 Apr 11, 2024

Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605, at the inspection on Apr 2, 2024

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

13 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:

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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.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 7, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

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

    “The operation allowed a household member to be present before receiving a background check determination of Eligible, Provisional Eligibility with Conditions, or Eligible with Conditions.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2026.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The primary caregiver did not have current CPR practiced on a manikin.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2026.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Logs Maintained

    “At the time of the inspection, the operation did not maintain a record of sign-in and out or attendance.”

    Rule 747.635(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “Two children did not have children records available for review and two children lacked current immunization records and a health statement.”

    Rule 747.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

    “The home did not have current pet vaccination documentation at the time of the inspection.”

    Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “The safety drill documentation was not being maintained.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2026.

Aug 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last fire drill conducted was in May 2025.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 31, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2025.

  • Maintain Menus

    “There were no menus created.”

    Rule 747.3113(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2025.

Apr 11, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “A cleaning lady that comes to the home Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week was present while children were in care without a background check in file. The lady was observed attending to the children. 4/11/24-Primary caregiver’s son (23Y) is now living permanently in the home as of 4/7/24. He has no background check submitted.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Three out of six files were missing the immunization records during the visit.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 17, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2024.

Apr 2, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605

    “A cleaning lady that comes to the home Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week was present while children were in care without a background check in file. The lady was observed attending to the children.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2024.

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “An 9 month infant was observed asleep on a restrictive device (baby bouncer) in the master bedroom.”

    Rule 747.2326(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 2, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2024.

  • Must Have at Least One 3A-40BC Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher or Fire Extinguisher Approved by Fire Marshal

    “There was no fire extinguisher with the type 3A-40BC in the home available during the visit.”

    Rule 747.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2024.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 7, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 2, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 1, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 19, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Sep 29, 2022.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 11 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 83 in Kaufman County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Joanna Lara This child care provider13
Eangee Anderson1
Janel LappNot given
Smart Start Montessori School12
April Hicks10
Christy Marie Hardy0
Primrose School of Forney at Gateway17
The Goddard School of Forney10
Heartland Home Daycare11
Children’s Lighthouse of Forney15
Dunkin Academy of Forney13
Sonia Moore0
Jenny Powell7

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 2, 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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