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Kid City USA Friendswood

A licensed child care center in Friendswood, Texas 77546

1601 W Parkwood Ave, Friendswood, Texas 77546. (832) 569-4674.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 127 child care providers in Galveston County had 5.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 14, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 6, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Feb 20, 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 Feb 7, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 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.

Oct 7, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “At time of inspection, one out of the three playgrounds observed. The top of the slide where you sit, was cracked and lifted.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2026.

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “At time of inspection, three out of the nine classrooms had missing outlet covers. Noted: Director replaced the missing outlet covers.”

    Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2026.

May 6, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “Based on evidence provided, caregivers have not been using good judgement when placing their knee in the back of a child’s seat to keep them at the table. As well as talking loudly to the children.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 11, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

Feb 20, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “At time of inspection, two out of the three buses child safety alarm did not sound.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “At time of inspection, one infant’s feeding instruction sheet was not current for February 2026. Sheet was last updated on 1/14/2026. Noted: At 9:00 am parent submitted Infant Feeding Instruction sheet completed on 2/20/2026. Sheet is posted in classroom.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2026.

Aug 7, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Employee Handwashing Before Eating or Handling Food

    “I observed a caregiver preparing a child bottle before washing her hands after handling a child.”

    Rule 746.3415(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2024.

  • Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

    “A caregiver failed to wash her hands after changing a child’s diaper and picked up another child.”

    Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2024.

Feb 7, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
  • 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 information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to support a caregiver in the Busy Bees classroom did not adequately supervise the children.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2024.

  • Determining Child/Caregiver Ratios - Caregiver Skills/Needs of Children

    “Based on information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to support violations of this standard.”

    Rule 746.1507(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2024.

  • Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

    “Based on information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to support the operation has not notified parents of less serious injuries.”

    Rule 746.307(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2024.

Jan 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

    “On the Preschool and Toddler playgrounds, the use zone is not six feet for multiple stationary play structures.”

    Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 18, 2024.

All 21 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 7, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 6, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Oct 1, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 30, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Sep 28, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Feb 20, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 26, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 17, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 7, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 16, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 7, 2024Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jan 18, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 4, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 29, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 242 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.
  • 8 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 11.
Source:

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

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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