Emerald Child Care
A licensed child care home in Sugar Land, Texas 77498
11414 White Forge Ct, Sugar Land, Texas 77498. (346) 315-9170.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 31 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Fort Bend County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 7 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?
31 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.
7 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 29, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on Feb 23, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Jul 14, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Jul 14, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
31 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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 |
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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.
Sep 29, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures
“The operation did not have an emergency preparedness plan available to review.”
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Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation
“Documentation of fire drills were not made available for review to evaluate.”
Feb 23, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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Required Immunizations
“Four children enrolled at the home did not have immunization records on file.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Four children enrolled at the operation did not have someone besides a parent for an emergency contact.”
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Minimum Qualifications for Assistant Caregiver - Orientation
“The primary caregiver or assistance did not have information on receiving orientation.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“Three children enrolled did not have the child’s physician or an emergency-care facility on the enrollment form.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
“The assistance caregiver did not have an Affidavit on file.”
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Required Health Statement
“Three children did not have a health statement on file or have anything checked off on the enrollment form stating the child would get it with in a year.”
Aug 6, 2025: inspection9 deficiencies
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Minimum Qualifications for Assistant Caregiver - HS Diploma, Equivalent, or Coursework Completion
“Education credentials was not made available for review for the assistant caregiver.”
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Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers
“Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR Training was not made available for review for the assistant caregiver”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“Caregiver was observed to not wash the toddler’s hands after diaper change.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Bucket Swings - in Front and Rear
“Bucket swing that is intended for outdoors was observed to be used in the home by children.”
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Minimum Qualifications for Assistant Caregiver - Orientation
“Orientation was not made available for review for the assistant caregiver”
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Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation
“Documentation of fire drills were not made available for review to evaluate.”
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Personnel Records- Photo Identification
“Photo Identification was not made available for review for two staff file evaluated.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“Affidavits were not made available for review for two staff files evaluated.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
“Pre-Employment Affidavit was not made available for review for one staff file evaluated”
Jul 14, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“An assistant caregiver was observed to be present without an initial background check submitted.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Two out of nine children’s files did not have authorization to obtain emergency medical care and to transport the child for emergency medical treatment was not observed to be completed by the parents.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“One out of nine children’s files evaluated did not have the emergency address for the emergency contact.”
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Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
“Nine children’s records evaluated did not have the Parent Rights form completed in the files.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Nine children’s records evaluated did not have a health statement in their file.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Nine children’s records evaluated did not have immunization in their file.”
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Children’s Records - Vision and Hearing Screening
“Two out of nine children’s records did not have vision and hearing screening in their file.”
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Personnel Records for Household Members - Orientation
“Orientation for household members was not made available for review.”
Feb 18, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Caregivers- Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR
“The applicant is mising pediatric CPR/First Aid training.”
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Policies Comply with Rules
“The operational policies were incomplete.”
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“The electrical outlets in the home were not covered.”
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Mounting of Fire Extinguishers
“The fire extinguisher was not mounted.”
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Written Activity Plan - Dates
“There were no activity plans during the inspection.”
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Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Health Checks
“The emergency preparedness plan was not available at the inspection time.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
| May 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Sep 4, 2025.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 12 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.
- 0 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?
- 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 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 31.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Emerald Child Care This child care provider | 31 |
| Abc Academy | 4 |
| Kim Loan Nguyen | 23 |
| Rainbow Learning Center | 3 |
| Fellowship Christian Academy | 1 |
| The Progressive Daycare | 15 |
| Priya Johns | 0 |
| Ready Steady Go Academy | 28 |
| Kids R Kids #25 | 21 |
| Thu Nguyen | 14 |
| First Foundation Childcare - Preschool | 14 |
| Lakeview Elementary School | 10 |
| Cai Xia Kuang | 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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