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Mustard Seed Daycare Center

A licensed child care center in Arlington, Texas 76018

5001 New York Ave Bldg A, Arlington, Texas 76018. (817) 417-8226.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 19 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

19 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 17, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans, at the inspection on Jun 18, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jun 18, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans, at the assessment on Feb 7, 2025

5 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

19 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

19 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.

Jun 18, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

    “The operation did not have the emergency preparedness plan available upon request.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(24). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation does not have a current fire inspection on file, the last fire inspection record on file was completed on 02/25/2025.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation did not have a health inspection on file/available for review.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director does not have on file these required annual training topics- emergency preparedness, administering medications, food allergy, hazardous materials, building safety, and communicable diseases.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired

    “The first aid kit did not have a working thermometer. The operation has three first aid kits and none of the kits had a working thermometer.”

    Rule 746.4003(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The emergency practice form where drills are documented was not available upon request.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2026.

Jul 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records -Training Hours

    “The caregiver was not able to provide 18 hours of annual training.”

    Rule 746.901(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2025.

Feb 7, 2025: assessment5 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

    “The operation did not produce a copy of their emergency preparedness plan.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(24). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2025.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation did not provide proof of current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 26, 2025.

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “The battery powered smoke detector located in the hallway requires a batter replacement, the smoke detector was chirping/beeping to be maintained during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5319. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2025.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation could not provide proof of current health inspection.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 20, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The operation produced proof of sheltering/severe weather and lock down drill. The operation still needs to produce the safety documentation for fire drills or fire extinguisher and smoke detector tests.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2025.

Jan 7, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

    “The operation could not produce a copy of their emergency preparedness plan during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(24). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation could not provide proof of current inspection. The last fire inspection was conducted in July 2023.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “The battert powered smoke detector located in the hallway requires a batter replacement, the smoke detector was chirping/beeping to be maintanced during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5319. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation could not provide proof of current health inspection.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The operation could not produce proof of having completed emergency drills.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

Mar 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “A preschool health statment needed for two children in care.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2024.

Jan 16, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The total number of employees who ceased working at your center in 2023 has not been reported as of 1/16/2024.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2024.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 18, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jul 11, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 7, 2025Assessment5 deficiencies cited
Jan 7, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jun 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 11, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 16, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 12, 2024.
  • 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?

  • Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 19.
Source:

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

12 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Mustard Seed Daycare Center This child care provider19
Loan Thi Cam Tran0
Hamy Duong1
Jo Ann Hamilton7
Hai Thi Bui2
Nu Thi Nguyen3
Lakeisha Darden2
Mrs. Burke’s Christian Academy LLC10
Kami’s Home Daycare0
Lakiesthea Williams1
Tarrant County Kids at Bryant Elementary0
Tarrant County Kids at Fitzgerald0
Just 4 Kids Childcare, LLC11

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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