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Davenn LLC DBA First Steps Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77095

7170 Cherry Park Dr, Houston, Texas 77095. (346) 377-6658.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

14 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.

May 21, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “I observed a child being changed and the child did not wash hands.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2026.

May 19, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “I observed several bottles and training cups that were not labeled with the children names.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

  • Required Postings-Child’s Food Allergies

    “A child that has a food allergy was not posted with the required postings in the building.”

    Rule 746.401(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant

    “I observed several cribs that was not labeled with the child’s name.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 2, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “One out of four personnel files CPR/First Aid card was expired.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2025.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The PreK classroom had brown water stains on the ceiling tiles.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2025.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “Two out of five files did not have health statements.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “Three out four files was missing education documents.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 16, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Four out of four personnel files did not have pre- employment affidavits.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2025.

Dec 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “The older infant room was out of ratio. There were 6 kids and one caregiver, the class was over by one.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.

May 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages

    “The caregiver in the room did not know the child’s name and age during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2024. Correction verified: May 23, 2024.

Feb 14, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “The infant bottles in the infant room was not labeled. Note: Corrected at inspection. The staff labeled the bottles with the child’s name and last name initial.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 14, 2024.

Dec 6, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The infant 2 room ceiling tile had a broken piece in it. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when the custodial worker fixed the tile. 12/06/2023.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operation did not have procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs. Note. This was corrected during the inspection when the director created the procedure and put it in the operational policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2023.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 21, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 19, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jul 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 2, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jan 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 20, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 15, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 14, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 6, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 19, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 143 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.
  • 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 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 14.
Source:

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Davenn LLC DBA First Steps Learning Center This child care provider14
Kim Lien Nguyen1
West Montessori School of Copperfield3
Cornerstone Preschool2
King’s Castle1
Ngan Kim Ngo1
Patricia AdaclogNot given
Nakia Singleton0
Cypress Falls High School1
Foundation Learning Academy- Queenston17
Kids ‘r’ Kids of Copperfield4
Primrose School of Copperfield3
Minh Pham10

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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