Houston Heights DC Center

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77007

902 W 8th St, Houston, Texas 77007. (713) 869-7475.

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The short answer

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

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
8 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 6, 2026: 6 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 6, 2026

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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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 6, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation did not have a current Fire Inspection Report for review.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 31, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2026.
Safety Requirements for Cribs - Waterproof, Washable Mattress

“During the recent inspection, it was observed that a few child sleeping mats were torn and ripped, compromising the integrity of the protective outer covering”

Rule 746.2409(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2026.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“Two caregivers are missing the required 24 annual training hours.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2026.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“During the inspection it was found that the operation is not maintaining current feeding instructions for six infants in care.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2026.
Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required

“The operation did not have two exits out of a fenced area in the playground.”

Rule 746.4307. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 2, 2026.
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

“Two children enrolled in the operation did not have the required Health Statements on file.”

Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2026.

Aug 29, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

“One caregiver first aid expired on 1/2024.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2024.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“One caregiver CPR expired on 1/2024 and another caregiver CPR was conducted online.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2024.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“The Tiny Tots classroom had one caregiver with six infants specified age group for 12-17 months old is 1 to 5. The caregiver was one over ratio at naptime.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 29, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 4, 2024.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures

“The emergency preparedness plan did not have how the operation will move infants and children with limit mobility.”

Rule 746.5202(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

“The operation does not have an updated gas inspection, the last inspection was conducted on 9/28/2022.”

Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational policies does not cover how they will promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity and the benefits for the children.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.

Jan 24, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 17, 2024, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by January 15, 2024, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

15 deficiencies older than three years

Sep 7, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

Notification of Additional Services Offered

“The operation did not notify licensing that they were offering transportation as a service. Corrected: When I reviewed the buses and transportation standard.”

Rule 746.301(7). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2023.
CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

“Four caregivers did not have the corrected curriculum for CPR it was not instructed on a manikin in person.”

Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 28, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.
Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

“The director and two drivers did not have transportation training and have been transporting children.”

Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 7, 2023.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“Two children in high chairs were not strapped in due to the hair chairs not having straps on them. Corrected: When the operation put straps on the high chairs and the children were strapped in.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2023.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“Two caregivers are missing 2 hours for annual training for training year 6/14/2022 to 6/14/2023 and training year 9/16/2021 to 9/16/2022. Another caregiver is missing 5 hours or annual training for training year 8/16/2022 to 8/16/2023. Corrected: When taken two hours of training for training year 6/14/2023 to 6/14/2022 and 9/16/2022 to 9/16/2023. Five hours of training was taken from 8/16/2023 to 8/16/2024.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2023.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director is missing 27 hours for annual training for training year 5-1-2022 to 5-1-2023. 19 hours were taken from training year 5-1-2023 to 5-1-2024 and still missing 6 1/2 hours of annual training.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 28, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2023.

Sep 16, 2022: inspection9 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation last fire inspection expired on 1/31/2021.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2022.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Children’s Names and Ages

“Caregiver stated she had 11 children in care, when I counted there were only 9 children.”

Rule 746.1203(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.
Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway

“It was observed that the spacing between cots did not have enough space between the cots for children to get up and move or the caregiver to walk through.”

Rule 746.2909(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.
Adequate Lighting During Naptime

“It was observed in the two classroom were children were napping the room did not have adequate lighting during nap time.”

Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The operation did not have an updated sanitation inspection, the last inspection was expired on 7/27/2022.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2022.
Hand Sanitizer - Only for Children 24 Months and Older

“It was stated by a caregiver she uses hand sanitizers after changing children, the children in the class ages are 13-15 months old.”

Rule 746.3420(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.
Diapering Procedures - Caregiver’s Hands Washed

“After the caregiver changed a child hand sanitizers was used and the caregiver did not wash their hands with soap and water.”

Rule 746.3505(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.
Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

“The operation has not had a gas inspection since 10/08/2019.”

Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2022.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The operation did not have a updated children’s product form.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.

All 10 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Aug 6, 2026	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 17, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Aug 27, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 9, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 29, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Jan 24, 2024	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Sep 7, 2023	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Sep 27, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 16, 2022	Inspection	9 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 22, 2000.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 150 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.
1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 13.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
The Kipling School, Inc.	2
St. Theresa Early Childhood Center in Memorial Park	2
Gonzales Day Care	13
Kipling School on Floyd	0
After 3 After School Program at Memorial E.s	7
Mariner Montessori at the Heights	21
Kids R Kids of Houston Heights	3
Houston Heights DC Center This child care provider	13
Esperanza Heights	11
Finale After School Program at St. Theresa’s	7
Esperanza School	14
Messiah Lutheran Early Childhood	82

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

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).
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).
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).
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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