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The Nest of Grace Childcare

A licensed child care home in Houston, Texas 77092

4405 Brookwoods Dr, Houston, Texas 77092. (713) 569-8389.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 16 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

16 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 21, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: The primary caregiver lives in the home where care is provided., at the report to the state on Sep 8, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Smoke-Detection System, at the inspection on Apr 10, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

16 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

16 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.

Sep 8, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • The primary caregiver lives in the home where care is provided.

    “It was confirmed during the inspection that the provider does not live in the Licensed Child-Care Home where the children are being cared for.”

    Rule 747.201(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2026.

Jul 2, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Notification of Change in Age Range of Children In Care

    “The provider s permit allows care for infants and Pre-K children. During the inspection, an 8-year-old and an 11-year-old child, who are not related to the provider, were observed in care during operational hours.”

    Rule 747.301(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2026.

  • Diaper Changing Steps-Supplies Kept Out of Child’s Reach

    “CCR observed lotion, diaper rash cream, gel, and baby wipes below the diaper changing table, which was open and accessible to the children. Correction made: The provider removed the diaper supplies from underneath the diaper changing table.”

    Rule 747.3301(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The provider has not been practicing fire drills every month.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Sheltering drill for Severe Weather- 4 times in a calendar year

    “The provider has not been practicing sheltering drills for severe weather.”

    Rule 747.5005(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Lock-down drill 4 times in a calendar year

    “The provider has not been practicing lock-down drills.”

    Rule 747.5005(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “During the inspection, the assistant caregiver brought two children into care without completed admission file.”

    Rule 747.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “During the inspection, safety documentation for emergency drills was not provided.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

Apr 10, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The smoke detector is malfunctioning and requires new batteries to be replaced. Correction made: The provider replaced the smoke detector with new batteries.”

    Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “CCR reviewed four children s files and found that one child was missing immunization records in the file.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

  • Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

    “The date of hire for the substitute caregiver was not documented on file.”

    Rule 747.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “The Affidavit form for the substitute caregiver was not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “The Pre-Employment Affidavit form for the substitute caregiver was not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 747.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.

Dec 19, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not address how children under 24 months with limited mobility will be evacuated.”

    Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 28, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness-Continuity of Care

    “The emergency preparedness plan is missing details on how the children will continue care at the alternate shelter until all children have been released to their parents.”

    Rule 747.5003(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 28, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness- Reunification Plan

    “The emergency preparedness plan is missing details on how the children will be reunited with their parents in the event of an emergency evacuation, relocation, or after sheltering/lockdown.”

    Rule 747.5003(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 28, 2025.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 2, 2026Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Apr 10, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Dec 19, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 5, 2026.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • 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.
  • 2 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 16.
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
Childrens Cottage Infant Center11
Advent’s Beloved Children Abc Learning Center3
Laugh N’ Discover Early Learning Center3
The New Day School4
Little Hands Day Care12
Small World Learning Academy5
Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp Nexus9
The Nest of Grace Childcare This child care provider16
The Learning Express Houston8
Gethsemane Lutheran Mdo1
Maria Granados9
St Ambrose Early Childhood Center3

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 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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