Creative Minds Child Development Center
A licensed child care center in Sugar Land, Texas 77478
9920 Highway 90a Ste B290, Sugar Land, Texas 77478. (281) 313-6463.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Fort Bend County: 4
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 12 inspections on record
- 4-Star 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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 4, 2026: no violation found.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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.
Jan 30, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
“The first aid kit cabinet was review. Three items were found to be expired since 2025.”
Apr 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
“A total of ten children files were review. Five out of the ten children files did not have the parental rights for licensing to review.”
Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation is being cited by assessment because the operation failed to report the number of employees left the childcare center by the previous calendar year 2024.”
Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation is being cited by assessment because the operation failed to report the number of employees left the childcare center by the previous calendar year 2023.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Caregiver Responsible for Each Child
“There were two infant rooms out of ratio during the inspection. In one room, there were 5 infants between 4 months and 12 months old with 1 caregiver, and it should have been 4 children to 1 caregiver. In the older infant room there were 6 infants between 12 and 16 months old with 1 caregiver and it should have been 5 infants to 1 caregiver. Note: Discussed the importance of maintaining ratios at all times.”
Aug 8, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink
“During the inspection, a bottle and spoon were observed in the hand washing sink in the infant room”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 18, 1999.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 138 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.
- 4 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
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 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Sugar Creek Baptist Mothers Day Out | 3 |
| La Petite Academy | 4 |
| Life Time Fitness Camp | 1 |
| Education Station | 1 |
| Villa Di Maria Montessori School | 7 |
| Sugar Creek Country Club | 2 |
| Tandway Properties DBA Kid Scholars Academy | 15 |
| Little Companions Day Care | 24 |
| Pam Jean Zapalac | Not given |
| Wonder Land Child Care and Learning Center | 5 |
| The Goddard School of Sugar Land | 2 |
| Creative Minds Child Development Center This child care provider | 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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