Upbring Head Start (Texas City)
A licensed child care center in Texas City, Texas 77591
10000 Emmett F Lowry Expy Ste 1388, Texas City, Texas 77591. (409) 402-0444.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Galveston County: 5
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- Not 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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 127 child care providers in Galveston County had 5.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 15, 2026: no violation found.
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 Feb 19, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the report to the state on Feb 10, 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 Feb 10, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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.
Aug 31, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“At time of inspection, operation had not had a current Sanitiation Inspection. The last inspection was conducted on 7/25/2025.”
Feb 19, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on interviews conducted two children were able to walk away from the restroom and were left unsupervised for three minutes.”
Feb 10, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“Based on information provided, one out of the three caregivers did not know the number of children they were responsible at the time of the incident.”
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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
“Based on video footage provided. Child was left unsupervised for three minutes.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“Licensing Incident Report form for child that was left unsupervised was not completed.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“Licensing Incident Report form was not shared with parent or signed.”
Jan 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“At time of inspection, director did not have Notariized Affidavit form 2985 in file.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 1, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 2, 2026.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 55 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Vickie’s Hidden Treasures | 26 |
| Raising Stars Academy | 20 |
| Raising Stars Stem Center | 11 |
| St. John’s UMC Mother’s Day Out | 9 |
| Nasa Kids Academy | 5 |
| Amazing Grace Home Based Child Care | 3 |
| Upbring Head Start (Texas City) This child care provider | 7 |
| Jadis Johns | Not given |
| Olivia Dacanay | Not given |
| For Children Only Day School | 4 |
| Laura Mallios | 2 |
| Trinity Episcopal School | 2 |
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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