Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp Explore
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77023
5402 Lawndale St, Houston, Texas 77023. (832) 690-7243.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
10 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on May 21, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jan 30, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
May 21, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required timeframe.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to share a copy of the incident report with the child’s parents within 48 hours.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“The operation failed to provide staff training records and one child contact information to the CCI, as requested 3 times.”
Jan 15, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The operation could not provide a record of monthly fire drills.”
Jan 30, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the evidence obtained the operation did not maintain supervision while students used the restroom.”
Aug 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
“The required daily menu was not posted.”
Jan 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The emergency practices shows that the last fire drill was conducted on 9/25/23.”
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Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
“It was observed that the last menu posted in the operation is from 10/23.”
5 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 24, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The fire inspection was not available to review during the inspection time.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“There was not sanitation report to review during the inspection time.”
Sep 12, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information-Physician Information
“Three children did not have available to review the physician’s information in file.”
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Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
“The children’s food allergy plan was not available to review during the inspection.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“The immunization records were not available to review during the inspection.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 8, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 151 children.
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.
- 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
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 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| YMCA Afterschool @ Carillo Elementary | 5 |
| Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp Explore This child care provider | 8 |
| Aama Sanchez High School | 11 |
| YMCA Afterschool-Lantrip Elementary School | 13 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Brooke’s Learning Corner | 4 |
| School in the Pines | 2 |
| Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program | 7 |
| Childrens Cottage Infant Center | 11 |
| Resurrection Lutheran Early Learning Center | 5 |
| Channelview I S D Children’s Center | 4 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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