Hearth Record

Charlene Dunlap

A registered child care home in Fort Worth, Texas 76119

4608 Emerson St, Fort Worth, Texas 76119. (817) 361-3770.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 13, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Renewal background checks submitted -No later than 5 yrs from date last submitted subjects initial or renewal fingerprint-based criminal hist check, at the inspection on Sep 13, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 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 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation did not have current fire drills documented at time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two out of four children’s files evaluated did not have an address for emergency contact.”

    Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.

Sep 13, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Renewal background checks submitted -No later than 5 yrs from date last submitted subjects initial or renewal fingerprint-based criminal hist check

    “The provider did not renew her background check within the required timeframe.”

    Rule 745.621(b)(1)(A). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “During the inspection the operation did not have current emergency drills documented.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “During the inspection two of the four children’s records evaluated did no have current immunization records.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

    “The operational policies did not include information regarding safe sleep at time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2023.

Jun 1, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training-Primary Caregiver and Employee Transporting

    “The operation transports children. The primary caregiver did not have current annual training in transportation safety. The last documented transportation training was in January of 2021.”

    Rule 747.1314. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2022.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “There was no documentation that fire drills have been performed since January of 2022.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 3, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2022.

  • Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Test Monthly

    “There was no current documentation for testing of the carbon monoxide detector. The last documented check was in January of 2022. The detector was tested during inspection and documented.”

    Rule 747.5337(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 1, 2022.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation has liability insurance but did not notify Child Care Regulation through their online account by the anniversary date of their permit.”

    Rule 747.209(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 3, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 7, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements-Inspection Report

    “The most recent licensing inspection was not posted. The inspection was posted during inspection.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 1, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 13, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 14, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 1, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 28, 1999.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
Source:

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

12 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Charlene Dunlap This child care provider5
Good Shepherd Christian Academy2
Blanche Headstart and Child Development5
My King’s Kids Academy3
Sattara Rhodes2
Kathleen Oneal0
Kids Rainbow Academy, LLC3
Tyra Davis1
Kids Kingdom Learning Academy17
Lamaretta Ford0
Kce Champions LLC @ Idea Southeast10
Lisa Olalde-RubioNot given
Maria BenitesNot given

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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