Brainy Kidz Academy
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77068
3648 Cypress Creek Pkwy Ste 139, Houston, Texas 77068. (281) 888-5030.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 21 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 8 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
21 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
10 inspections on record. The latest, on May 20, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on May 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 inspection on Nov 12, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 2 years of age and within weight and height limit of child safety seat, at the inspection on Nov 12, 2025
5 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
21 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
May 20, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
The inspectors’ words, 111 words
“The operational policies were reviewed and the following information was missing: 1. The criteria that will be used to determine when the weather will prevent outdoor play. 2. The plan for physical activity when outdoor play is limited. 3. The incorrect website was listed for the Health and Human Services Commission. 4. The following information was not included regarding increasing employee and parent awareness regarding abuse, neglect and prevention techniques, community organizations the center will partner with, and actions a parent of a child who is a victim of abuse should take to obtain assistance. 5. Steps the center will take to support inclusive services for children with special care needs.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Children and staff did not exit the building within three minutes during the March 2026 and April 2026 fire drills.”
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Written Activity Plans
“The center does not have written activity plans.”
Mar 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
“The background check for a person no longer employed by the operation has not be inactivated.”
Mar 23, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parent right to enter and examine operation without advance notice
“Parents are not being allowed to come past the front area of the child care center.”
Nov 12, 2025: inspection15 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A group of children were left unsupervised when the caregiver left the children alone to open the front door for Child Care Regulation.”
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 2 years of age and within weight and height limit of child safety seat
“The incorrect safety seat is being used to transport a 2 year old child. The safety seat being used is not equipped with a harness.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
“Emergency medical authorization and treatment for each child is not on the center bus.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child
“Parent and emergency contact information for each child is not on the center bus.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“The center bus is not equipped with a fire extinguisher.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
“A First Aid Kit is not on the center bus.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
“All four staff have not completed an orientation to the child care center.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
“Of the four personnel records evaluated, one has not completed 24 clock hours of training within 90 days of being hired.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“Of the four personnel records evaluated, two lacked First Aid training.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“Of the four personnel records evaluated, two do not have current CPR training. During the inspection no one in the bulding had current CPR training.”
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Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
“Children were sitting in seats without the safety straps being fastened.”
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Children’s Records - Admission Information
“Of the six children’s records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. One children’s file lacked the date of admission. 2. Three children’s files lacked the address of the emergency contact. 3. Two children’s record lacked the address of the children’s doctor. 4. Two children’s records lacked authorization for emergency medical care. 5. One child’s record did not include a shot record. 6. One child was behind with required shots.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Of the four personnel records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. Two personnel files lacked a hire date. 2. One personnel file lacked documentation of how the education requirements were met. 3. Three personnel files lacked signed documentation that a copy of the personnel and parent handbooks were received. 4. One personnel filed lacked signed documentation that a copy of the parent handbook was received. 5. One personnel file lacked a signed pre-employment affidavit. 6. Three personnel filed lacked a notarized affidavit.”
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Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
“A list of staff is not posted.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Of the six children’s records evaluated, one lacked a health statement from the parent that includes the name and address of the doctor who examined the child within the past year.”
Dec 30, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Fire inspection has not been conducted during the application inspection.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Inspection | 15 deficiencies cited |
| May 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued May 28, 2025.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 59 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.
- 1 report 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?
- Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
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 21.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Brainy Bunch Learning Center Inc. | 13 |
| Little Disciples of Jesus Learning Center | 34 |
| Brainy Kidz Academy This child care provider | 21 |
| Silver Star Academy at Cypress Creek | 25 |
| Creating Little Scholars Academy | 20 |
| Chosen Generation | 10 |
| Growing Together Preschool and Daycare | 4 |
| Koala Kare Reynolds Elementary | 0 |
| Northwoods Presbyterian Church | 19 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Brooke’s Learning Corner | 4 |
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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