Harvest Christian Academy
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77060
17770 Imperial Valley Dr, Houston, Texas 77060. (281) 423-3616.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 41 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 14 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 24 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
41 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
24 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 8, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the inspection on Sep 23, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Sep 23, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605, at the inspection on Sep 3, 2026
11 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
41 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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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.
Sep 23, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
“One infant was observed in a restrictive device for more than 15 minutes. The caregiver stated the child was in the highchair for 30 minutes.”
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“The following cleaning supplies were accessible to children: disinffectant spray and wipes, detergent pods. This was corrected at inspection.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“There were 9 month infants combined with children as old as 4 years old.”
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“There were uncovered outlets in the cafeteria. This was corrected at inspection.”
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Children’s Records - Admission Information
“Follow up inspection was conducted and the requirements were not met. This deficiency is being recited. Out of the ten children evaluated the following things were missing: Five lacked the date of admissions One lacked the name and telephone numbers of the persons child can be release to All lacked updated water permissions activities Six lacked the name, telephone, and addreess of the Doctor’s telephone number Eight lacked the updated needs Special Needs Information”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Follow up inspection was conducted and the requirements were not met. This deficiency is being recited. All ten children lacked a Health Statement.”
Sep 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605
“Caregiver was observed supervising four two year olds without a background check on file. Note: This was corrected when Caregiver left the building.”
Aug 27, 2026: inspection19 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
“The operational policies were reviewed and the following information was missing: Immunization requirements Enrollment Procedures Criteria used when the weather prevents outdoor play Parent’s Right Emergency preparedness plan Vaccine requirements for staff”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
“Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms are not on the vehicles used for transportation.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Telephone Numbers for Each Child
“Emergency contact information is not on the vehicles that are transporting children.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“One vehicle transporting children did not have a fire extinguisher.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
“One vehicle transporting children did not have a first aid kit.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
“All seven staff have not completed an orientation to the childcare center.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
“There are three staff that does not have staff First Aid training.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
“One staff does not have CPR training.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The Director has completed any transportation safety course.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
“Diapers were being changed on a blanket which is an non-absorbent surface.”
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“Electrical outlets in multiple classrooms were found without safety covers.”
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Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
“A piece of rotating equipment does not have loose-fill surfacing installed in the use zone.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“In the infant room, one child did not have written feeding instructions.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“In the infant room, one child’s feeding Instruction. was not updated within 30 days.”
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First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit
“One vehicle that transports children does not have a thermometer.”
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First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
“One vehicle that transport children had expired antiseptic wipes.”
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Children’s Records - Admission Information
“Out of the ten children evaluated the following things were missing: Five lacked the date of admissions One lacked the name and telephone numbers of the persons child can be release to All lacked updated water permissions activities Six lacked the name, telephone, and addreess of the Doctor’s telephone number Eight lacked the updated needs Special Needs Information”
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Required Personnel Records
“Out of seven records reviewed: Five lacked how they meet the education requirements. One lacked photo identification. Seven lacked documentation that a copy of the parent handbook was received.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“All ten children lacked a Health Statement.”
Jun 24, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“The caregiver overseeing four children did not accurately identify the ages of the children in they were responsible for.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“During the inspection, two children under 17 months old were observed in the same designated area eating their snack with children as old as 12 years old.”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“One child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a Food Allergy Plan on file signed by the doctor and parent available for review.”
Apr 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Director Annual Training -Required 1 hour in prevention, recognition and reporting of child maltreatment
“Based on the information gathered during the investigation, the director’s training in this topic was last completed on 03/19/2024.”
Apr 8, 2025: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“Based on the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support the director allowed a newly hired employee to have unsupervised access to children without first completing the required 8-hrs of Pre-Service Training nor had the individual completed an abuse/neglect training.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“Based on the findings from the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support infants are mixed with older children. Two children under 18 months of age, were observed in the same designated area eating dinner with children as old as 12-years old.”
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Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment
“Based on the information obtained during the investigation, two caregivers did not have up-to-date training on this topic on 04/10/2025. One caregiver completed their training on 04/25/2025 and the other caregiver’s training was last completed on 04/28/2023.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
“Based on the findings from the investigation, screen time was observed while a group of children were being served and eating dinner.”
Dec 31, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The current fire inspection available for review was conducted on 11/28/2023.”
Nov 12, 2024: report to the state4 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found to be deficient as part of a DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence to validate that Neglectful Supervision of a child occurred when a child was left on the vehicle unattended.”
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Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children
“Based upon the information gathered during the investigation, evidence was available to support safety precautions for loading and unloading children to ensure all children were accounted for was not followed. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.”
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“Based upon the information obtained during the DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support, the driver who transported a group of children failed to follow the facilities safety precautions for loading and unloading children. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
“Based on the information obtained during the DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support the driver who transported a group of children failed to conduct a walk-through and/or a visual check to all children were unloaded before disabling the alarm system in the rear of the vehicle.”
May 22, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Two caregivers who provide care for children under 24-months old did not have current SIDS/Shaken Baby & Brain Development.”
Mar 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“A 16 month old child was combined in a group where the oldest child was 7 years old.”
8 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 15, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
“The driver who transported children from their elementary school to the facility did not have emergency medical information nor the parent’s contact information available for review.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“There were more than 13 children in care at the time of the inspection, a 6 year old child was observed in the classroom with 5 infants under 18 months old, as a result, the oldest child in the group was more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group.”
Sep 12, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children
“Based upon the information gathered during the investigation, evidence was available to support safety precautions for loading and unloading children to ensure all children were accounted for was not followed. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.”
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“Based upon the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support, the driver who transported a group of children, failed to follow the facilities procedures regarding safety precautions for loading and unloading children which resulted in a child being left in the center’s vehicle unattended.”
Sep 12, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
“Two caregivers were observed to be in charge of a total of 14 children. When asked how many children they had, 1 caregiver stated they were responsible for 9 children, the other caregiver stated they were responsible for 7 children. When asked again, the caregivers were not able to provide an accurate number of children they were responsible for. CCR informed the caregivers there were only 14 children, then it was stated, two children just went home.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Documentation of the current fire inspection was not available for review during the inspection. The last documented fire inspection available to licensing was conducted on 09/24/2020.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“Documentation was not available upon request to validate the director and any caregiver who transports completed the required 2 hours of Transportation Safety Training.”
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Children’s Products-Posting of CPSC website
“Certification was not available for reviiew to support the facility did not have any items recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
All 31 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Inspection | 19 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 22, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 11, 2000.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 180 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.
- 7 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?
- 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 41.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Harvest Christian Academy This child care provider | 41 |
| All Stars Day Care & Preschool | 1 |
| Toddler House 5 | 49 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 12 |
| Brooke’s Learning Corner | 4 |
| School in the Pines | 2 |
| Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program | 7 |
| Childrens Cottage Infant Center | 11 |
| Resurrection Lutheran Early Learning Center | 5 |
| Channelview I S D Children’s Center | 4 |
| Thi Tran | 2 |
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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