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The Playground for Kids LLC

A licensed child care home in Katy, Texas 77449

4034 Starbridge Pointe Ln, Katy, Texas 77449. (832) 754-4867.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2024. 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 15, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Ammunition Kept Separate, Locked and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Mar 26, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency 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.

Mar 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Ammunition Kept Separate, Locked and Inaccessible to Children

    “The gun and ammunition were in the same locked apparatus. This was corrected at the inspection when the director removed the ammunition and placed it in another locked apparatus.”

    Rule 747.3505(b). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024.

11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 25, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “A 10 month old was placed in a play yard which had 2 additional mattresses in it. This was corrected at the inspection when the director removed the infant and the mattresses.”

    Rule 747.2315(b). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2023.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “The indoor active activity involved the use of the TV with a music video for active movement. There were 8 children under 2 years old in care. This was corrected at the inspection when the director placed a cover over the TV.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2023.

Dec 16, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies
  • Minimum Qualifications for Assistant Caregiver - HS Diploma, Equivalent, or Coursework Completion

    “The assistant caregiver’s file lacked the educational requirements.”

    Rule 747.1207(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2022.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home

    “The child/caregiver ratio was not met. The director had 7 children in care ages, 1-10 months, 1- 11 months, 1-13 months, 1-16 months, 1-20 months, and 2- 2years old. With 4 infants, the director may care for 2 additional children. The director was over child/caregiver ratio by 1 child.”

    Rule 747.1801. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last fire drill conducted was on 09/22/2022.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 27, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Emergency Plan

    “On the admission form, a parent indicated a child had a diagnosed allergy. The emergency care plan in the child’s file was not signed by a physician.”

    Rule 747.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 21, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s record lacked the updated immunization record for age.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 30, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2022.

Nov 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “There were no written feeding instructions for the infants in enrolled and in care.”

    Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

Aug 16, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “The was a fence board missing.”

    Rule 747.4407(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2022.

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

    “The operation had a 1A 10BC fire extinguisher not the required 3A 40BC.”

    Rule 747.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2022.

  • Electric or Battery Operated CO Detection System- One for Each Level of Every Building

    “There was no carbon monoxide detector upstairs.”

    Rule 747.5335(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 15, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 25, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 4, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 16, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Nov 10, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 16, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Mar 7, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 1.
Source:

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
The Playground for Kids LLC This child care provider1
Texas Kids Learning Center4
Mary Morales Child Care Home7
Ha Le0
Bertha Valdes3
Holy Covenant Cdc0
Wendy Mazariego3
Kathleen Dufour0
Kinder Shine Academy12
Texas Kids Childcare19
Rayshell ButlerNot given
Golbow Elementary YMCA0
Svitlana ZievakinaNot 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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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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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