Guiding Hands Christian Childcare
A licensed child care center in Pottsboro, Texas 75076
206 E FM 120, Pottsboro, Texas 75076. (903) 419-2033.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Grayson County: 2
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- 3-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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 57 child care providers in Grayson County had 2.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 28, 2026: no violation found.
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 Apr 22, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Feb 6, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Feb 6, 2026
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Apr 22, 2026: 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
“A child was left unsupervised by a caregiver at the operation.”
Feb 6, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“In the DFPS Investigation, a caregiver was found to have physically abused a child in care at the operation.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“In the documentation completed as part of a DFPS investigation, it was found that a child in care had been bruised when a caregiver pinched him.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“In the documentation completed as part of a DFPS investigation, it was found that a child in care had been yelled at by a caregiver.”
Sep 18, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and determined to be deficient. Through interviews with operation staff, it was determined that the operation failed to notify a parent when their child was involved in a non-routine situation.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and determined to be deficient. It was determined that a bus driver did not have a current bus list when transporting children.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 8, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation did not have a passed health inspection. They have made the repairs required by the county health department and have scheduled the health inspector to come back to the operation.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The surfacing material for the slides and climbing equipment was 4-5 inches in depth. The operation has ordered additional surfacing material which has not yet been shipped to the operation.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 3, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 96 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 7 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 Oct 24, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 57 child care providers in Grayson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Guiding Hands Christian Childcare This child care provider | 6 |
| Nicole Minchew | 0 |
| Belden Street Montessori School | 0 |
| Childrens Tree Learning Center | 0 |
| Deannes Home Daycare | 3 |
| Tioga Early Childhood Development Center | 2 |
| University of Gymnastics | 2 |
| Jeanne Sloan | 0 |
| Cathryn Schmidt | 0 |
| Tuck Street Early Education Center | 34 |
| Rising Stars Learning Center | 11 |
| Pre-School for Little Zebras | 0 |
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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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