Kidz World Playcenter Inc.
A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77449
19510 Clay Rd, Katy, Texas 77449. (281) 815-5559.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 18 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
18 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 17, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jan 21, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 7, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Feb 20, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
18 deficiencies in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Aug 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
“The van used for transportation did not have the required sticker available for review.”
Mar 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“In the infant’s classroom, there were 6 infants ages 7 months, 3 (11 months), 13 months, and 15 months, with one caregiver. The classroom is over ratio by 2 infants. Note: The director called another caregiver to help in that classroom; the ratio was in compliance during the inspection.”
Feb 6, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Director Certificate Not Renewed
“The director’s certificate expired on 01/07/2026.”
Jan 21, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Based on the investigation and information obtained the operation is not in compliance. A caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child.”
Aug 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“One of the bus drivers does not have the current transportation training.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“During the inspection, one infant, 12 months old, was observed with other children aged 3-4 years old during naptime. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the owner was moving the infant child to the infant’s classroom with two teachers.”
Mar 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation does not have a current fire marshal inspection report to review. The fire marshal inspection report expired on 02/16/2025.”
Feb 20, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation does not have a current fire marshal inspection report to review. The fire marshal inspection report expired on 02/16/2025.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Two of the six caregivers’ records reviewed did not include the eight required annual training hours.”
Aug 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The director has not completed the two hours of training required on transportation safety.”
Aug 7, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“During the inspection, two infant bottles were not labeled by their names. Note: The caregiver was corrected at inspection time.”
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily
“Licensing observed the playground with weeds and grass that needed to be removed.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The playground has mulch, which was loose surfacing under slide equipment.”
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Daily Menus - Record Comparable Substitutions
“The food served was different from the menu. Note: The director corrected substitution information during inspection time.”
Jun 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The operation was missing a fire drill practice for a month. Note : This was corrected by the director during inspection time.”
May 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Confine in a Restrictive Device
“A two-year-old toddler was observed sleeping in a restrictive device buggy walks during naptime. Notes: The caregiver removed the child from the buggy walks during inspection time.”
Feb 1, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The playgrounds had grass cover that needed to be removed.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“There was losing mulch under the slide area at the toddler playground.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 8, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 27, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 147 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.
- 3 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 18.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kidz World Playcenter Inc. This child care provider | 18 |
| Texas Kids Learning Center | 4 |
| Mary Morales Child Care Home | 7 |
| Ha Le | 0 |
| Bertha Valdes | 3 |
| Holy Covenant Cdc | 0 |
| Wendy Mazariego | 3 |
| Kathleen Dufour | 0 |
| Kinder Shine Academy | 12 |
| Texas Kids Childcare | 19 |
| Rayshell Butler | Not given |
| Golbow Elementary YMCA | 0 |
| Svitlana Zievakina | Not given |
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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