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Little Birdies Child Care

A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75232

7655 S Polk St, Dallas, Texas 75232. (972) 228-0849.

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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 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 2, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Mar 12, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children, at the inspection on Mar 12, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on Mar 12, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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:

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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 26, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “During the follow-up visit, a four-month-old was present in the area where the television was on in the classroom. The caregiver turned off the television upon request.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “During the follow-up visit, the television was on during breakfast. The caregiver turned the television off at the caregivers request.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2026.

Mar 12, 2026: inspection11 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have a parent handbook available for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children

    “During the monitoring, the operation did not have a list of children who are transported to and from school avaialble for review.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have a fire extinguisher on the transportation vehicle.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “During the monitoring visit, the cribs in the infant classroom did not have tight-fitted sheets.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have the daily reports available for review.”

    Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “During the monitoring visit, the television was on during breakfast time. The caregiver turned the television off upon request.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant

    “During the monitoring visit, the cribs were unlabeled, and I observed the caregiver move a 7-month-old infant into two different cribs. During the visit, the operation labeled the cribs.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “During the monitoring visit, the sleeping cots were not labeled with a child s name or a number.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist

    “During the monitoring visit, the operation did not have a monthly checklist available for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.4751(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “During the monitoring visit there were no drills documentation for fire drills.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One out of four children did not have up to do shot records available for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training

    “One out of three files reviewed lacked 30 hours of training.”

    Rule 746.1301(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2022.

Mar 2, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2022.

Dec 8, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation did not have a current health inspection on file.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2021.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 12, 2026Inspection11 deficiencies cited
Apr 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 1, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 28, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 2, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Feb 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 8, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 15, 1996.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 41 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.
  • 1 report 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?

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

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 13.
Source:

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

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Totina Davis1
Gwen D. Dennison11
Kids University Preparatory Learning Center10
Brandi Edmondson0
My Little Rascals Development Center46
Little Birdies Child Care This child care provider13
K. D. Wesley Summer Youth Program30
Kce Champions LLC @ Uplift Hampton5
Momma Bear Child Care10
YMCA @ Uplift Wisdom Prep0
Fellowship Christian Academy Preschool7
Tamika Wilhite Child Care Home5

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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