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Children’s Choice Academy

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77075

8405 Almeda Genoa Rd Ste Y, Houston, Texas 77075. (281) 888-4573.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 8 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the inspection on Oct 16, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Aug 21, 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 Jan 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 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.

Oct 16, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A 12 month old was observed seated in a high chair between 3:00 pm -3:30pm.”

    Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2026.

Sep 3, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

    “In the infant classroom a bottle was observed on top on the diaper changing table. Note: A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

  • Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids

    “The toddler one caregiver did not wash hands after wiping a students nose.”

    Rule 746.3415(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

  • Caregivers Must Wear Gloves When Handling Blood or Bodily Fluids

    “A caregiver in the toddler one classroom was observed wiping a childs nose without the required gloves.”

    Rule 746.3425(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2026.

Aug 21, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “There is sufficient evidence to suggest that a caregiver yells at children in care as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2026.

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

    “There is sufficient evidence to suggest that fruits and vegetables are not served with meals.”

    Rule 746.3301(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2026.

  • Daily Menus - Record Comparable Substitutions

    “There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the menu is not followed and substitutions are not documented.”

    Rule 746.3313(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2026.

May 29, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The building wall was observed deteriorating and chipping on the playground giving access to broken cement. Note: A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 8, 2026.

  • Education Outside of U.S.

    “One caregivers record with a start date of 9/25/25 did not contain a diploma translated to english.”

    Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2026.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The operations emergency practices did not have the fire drill documented for April and May. Note: A photo was taken and this was corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2026.

Mar 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “Three infants were observed seated at the lunch table without the required safety straps. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2026.

Jan 23, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • 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 the evidence obtained in the investigation, the operation did not provide adequate supervision to school age students, resulting in bullying.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2026.

Sep 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “The school age classroom was observed with a cracked tile. Note: A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 15, 2025.

Feb 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Notification of Additional Services Offered

    “The operation added transportation January 27th, 2025th without notifying CCR. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when transportation was evaluated.”

    Rule 746.301(7). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 11, 2025.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 16, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
May 29, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 6, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 23, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 12, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 12, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 11, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2024InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 12, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 73 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.
  • 3 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.

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Children’s Choice Academy This child care provider14
Anh Thi Trinh5
Hanh Ly Vo1
La Chau15
Karina Chavez7
Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Windmill Lakes9
Em Thi Dinh2
Mai Ly2
Yen Chi Nguyen0
Michelle Lam0
My Ngoc Dinh3
Inspire Me Learning Center12
Life’s Little Blessings5

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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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