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Better Beginnings Academy LLC

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77095

14720 FM 529 Rd, Houston, Texas 77095. (281) 815-5097.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 7, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Equipment - Trampolines, at the inspection on Mar 26, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on Feb 18, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

14 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

14 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.

Apr 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “Two children record were observed missing the required health statements on file during the investigation inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

Mar 26, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Equipment - Trampolines

    “A large trampoline was observed on the playground and was accessible by children ages 2yo during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.4603(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.

Mar 25, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “Two children record were observed missing the required health statements on file during the investigation inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2026.

Feb 18, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations

    “One out of four children files was missing immunization records.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There was a large ant bed on the outdoor playground.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.

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

    “A child with a known food allergy did not have a allergy preparedness plan available for review.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2026.

  • Required Postings-Child’s Food Allergies

    “There was no allergy list posted for a child with a known allergy.”

    Rule 746.401(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “One out of four files did not have the food allergy statement completed.”

    Rule 746.605(15). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “One out of four children files did not have a health statement availble for review.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.

Mar 7, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Equipment - Multiple Occupancy Swings

    “The operation had a teeter totter on the playground and children were playing on it. Note: It was corrected at inspection when the director removed the teeter totter from the playground.”

    Rule 746.4603(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The consumer product safety commission form was not updated.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2025.

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “Two out of four files did not have an updated health statement signed by a healthcare professional after a year the parent signed stating the child was seen by the doctor.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2025.

Mar 13, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The porch that leads to the outside wooden plank was loose and a nail was showing.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation fire drill was not completed since October 2023.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 19, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care

    “The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2023.

Sep 7, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “There was not an operational policy available during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The refrigerator’s in the infant room and the kitchen had mildew inside. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when staff cleaned it out.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2022.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The bottom of the wall tile in the toddler classroom was lose from the wall and could cause an unsafe environment. Note: This was corrected when the maintenance person came and fixed it.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2022.

  • Safety - Sliding Door Glass Marked

    “The large glass window in the toddler class did not have a decal. Note: This was corrected when the staff member put clouds on the glass.”

    Rule 746.3701(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2022.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures

    “The following was missing from the emergency preparedness plan: How you will communicate with local authorities (such as fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, health department), parents and us”

    Rule 746.5202(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released

    “The emergency preparedness plan was missing how your staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released.”

    Rule 746.5202(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Reunification Plan

    “The following was missing the following: How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted”

    Rule 746.5202(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

All 20 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 7, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 26, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 18, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jan 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 16, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 7, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 21, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 13, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 19, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 13, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 14, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 7, 2022Inspection7 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 22, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 65 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.
  • 5 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 14.
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
Better Beginnings Academy LLC This child care provider14
Kim Lien Nguyen1
West Montessori School of Copperfield3
Cornerstone Preschool2
King’s Castle1
Ngan Kim Ngo1
Patricia AdaclogNot given
Nakia Singleton0
Cypress Falls High School1
Foundation Learning Academy- Queenston17
Kids ‘r’ Kids of Copperfield4
Primrose School of Copperfield3
Minh Pham10

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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