Humble Beginners
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77026
3713 Sayers St, Houston, Texas 77026. (713) 673-2229.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 14 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-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?
14 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 4, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 18, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on May 18, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Dec 22, 2025
2 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
14 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
May 18, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver lacked good judgment when placing a 1-year-old child in a restrictive device for timeout in the classroom restroom.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to make a self-report to CCR within 2 days concerning the occurrence of prohibitive punishment, an other non-routine situation that placed a child at risk for injury or harm. The incident occurred on 5/4/26, and the self-report was made on 5/18/26.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“The incident that occurred on 5/4/26 was not notated on the Incident report form nor shared with the parent.”
Dec 22, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not demonstrate competency and good judgment when an injury occurred with a child.”
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“A less serious injury was caused by a caregiver with a child while in care and the parent was not notified.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“An incident/accident report form was not shared with the parent at pickup or via email on the less than serious injury of the child.”
Dec 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
“The diaper changing table had a nonabsorbent pad that was ripped.”
Jan 7, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
“The center needs a working carbon monoxide detector installed.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“2 out of 6 staff files missing 2-hour transportation training.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“1 out of 6 children’s files missing a heatlh statement.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“1 out of 6 children’s files is missing immunization record.”
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Director Annual Training - More than 5 years experience
“The primary director needs to complete three clock hours of the annual training hours in management techniques, leadership, or staff supervision.”
Jan 29, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height
“Two children on the van did not have boaster seats.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Four infants did not have an updated feeding instruction forms.”
5 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 5, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a updated fire inspection, The last fire inspection was on 10/5/2022.”
Sep 22, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“The director attendance records were not available.”
Feb 8, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The loose-fill for the pre-k playground with a playing surface under 5 feet was measured at 4 inches.”
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Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee’s personnel record
“One director owes certificates for 5 hours annual training to include topics in Food Allergy and Building Physical Safety. One director owes certificates for 6.5 hours annual training to include topics in Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, and Food Allergy.”
Feb 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
“During review of Transportation the operation was found to not have Emergency medical information for 13 children being transportated. This was corrected when the director placed the information in the transportation binder.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 18, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 27, 2001.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 50 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.
- 3 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
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 14.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Dogan Head Start | 3 |
| Kathy’s Daycare | 1 |
| Community Partners Fifthward Early Childhood Development Ctr | 9 |
| Hornstead Learning Academy | 1 |
| Imagination Island | 19 |
| Dre’s Locker Room Community Center | 30 |
| Tammy Harris | 2 |
| Global Kiddos Academy | 22 |
| Humble Beginners This child care provider | 14 |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center-5th Ward | 14 |
| J B Adams School | 21 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 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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