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Feels Like Home Childcare

A licensed child care center in Waller, Texas 77484

2027 Main St, Waller, Texas 77484. (936) 372-1414.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 15 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?

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 30 child care providers in Waller County had 4.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 2, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for, at the inspection on Sep 2, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Sep 2, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit, at the inspection on Aug 19, 2026

2 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

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

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 2, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

    “A caregiver did not know the correct number of children they were responsible for during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2026.

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “Upon entering the infant room, an infant was observed sleeping in a swing. Note: The caregiver removed the infant and placed the infant in their assigned crib.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2026.

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “A caregiver was observed using their personal cell phone during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2026.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

    “During the follow up inspection, bottles were still stored near the hand washing sink.”

    Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “Upon entering two classrooms the lighting was inadequate during the follow up inspection as all children could not be seen.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2026.

Aug 19, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “The bus used to transport children did not have a first aid kit. The first aid kit that was brought to the bus during the inspection did not contain a thermometer.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

    “1 out of 2 bus drivers did not have transportation safety training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “During the inspection, the infant room was over in ratio by 5 children.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

    “Bottles were stored near the hand washing sink during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “The lighting was insufficient in two classrooms during the walk through. Note: The provider corrected this by opening a door to provide more light and by opening a curtain to shed more light into the room.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 19, 2026.

May 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “A classroom was over in ratio by 4 children during the inspection. The ratio was 15 children to 1 caregiver when the allowed number of children was supposed to be no more than 11 children to 1 caregiver. Note: The operation added a caregiver to the classroom during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2026. Correction verified: May 27, 2026.

May 13, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “Based upon the information obtained, a caregiver grabbed a child up by the arm.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 14, 2026. Correction verified: May 27, 2026.

Dec 31, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The operational policies did not include all of the required items. The following was missing: Promotion of indoor and outdoor activities.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There is chipped paint on the walls in each of the classrooms. There is a hole in the wall inside the classroom restroom. The exit door inside the classroom had a busted door frame.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2026.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan did not have a alternate shelter address.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2026.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 2, 2026InspectionOutcome pending
Sep 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 2, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Aug 19, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
May 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 14, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 13, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 31, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 26, 2026.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 84 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.
  • 1 report 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 30 child care providers in Waller County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 15.
Source:

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

11 of the 30 in Waller County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Childrens Learning Center Too5
Grace Christian Academy2
The Learning Academy of Waller40
Feels Like Home Childcare This child care provider15
Michaela Kennard1
Kce Champions LLC @ Fields Store Elementary0
Creative World Child Care & Preschool #215
Gwendolyn Johnson0
The Learning Tree8
YMCA Afterschool@bryant Elementary4
Met Early Head Start Waller County4
Taylor’s Playhouse2

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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