Hearth Record

Helen’s Haven Childcare

A licensed child care home in Houston, Texas 77048

5446 Greylog Dr, Houston, Texas 77048. (713) 748-6989.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on May 5, 2026: 4 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on May 5, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the inspection on Apr 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Requirements for Feeding Infants - Never Prop Bottles, at the inspection on Apr 23, 2026

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

14 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: 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 5, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Two out of five children records did not contain the required emergency medical authorization.”

    Rule 747.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “All emergency contacts were observed documented on children records.”

    Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.

  • Immunization Record Upon Admission

    “Three children records did not contain the required immunization record during inspection.”

    Rule 747.613(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.

  • Health Statement on File

    “Four out of five children records did not contain the required health statement during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2026. Correction verified: May 19, 2026.

Apr 23, 2026: inspection9 deficiencies

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “A four month old infant was observed seated in a restrictive device from 11:45 am to 12:38 pm.”

    Rule 747.2317(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Never Prop Bottles

    “A four month old infant was observed seated in a bouncy chair with a bottle propped with a blanket. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.2319(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Two out of five children records did not contain the required emergency medical authorization.”

    Rule 747.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Use of Safety Straps

    “A four month old infant was observed seated in a bouncy without the required straps.”

    Rule 747.2307. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operations monthly fire drill was last conducted 1/9/2026.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Four out of five records did not contain a completed emergency contact.”

    Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Immunization Record Upon Admission

    “Two children records did not contain the required immunization record.”

    Rule 747.613(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “Screen time was provided to children ages 4 months, 14 months, 19 months, 3 years and 4 years old.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

  • Health Statement on File

    “Four out of five children records did not contain the required health statement.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

Mar 9, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The directors certificate expired 03/03/2026.”

    Rule 747.1149. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2026.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 5, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 23, 2026Inspection9 deficiencies cited
Mar 9, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 1, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Apr 16, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
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.

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Patricia Neil SmithNot given
Veronique Roberts1
Mary’s Little Lamb Learning Center15
Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Orem15
Growth Academy, LLC2
Darlyne Smith1
Jacquelina Miller0
Codwell Elementary School2
Cheryl Babineaux Richard15
Helen’s Haven Childcare This child care provider14
Tanyika Shantell Gentry1
Right Fit Kids Academy- Cullen4

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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An example nursing home

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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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