Dallas First Presbyterian Church Developmental Day School
A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75201
1835 Young St, Dallas, Texas 75201. (214) 653-1390.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 27, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Apr 3, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Toddler Care Area - Allows for Proper Supervision, at the report to the state on Apr 3, 2025
Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Jul 1, 2024
3 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
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Apr 3, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. Caregivers responsible for the children were unaware that two children were engaged in inappropriate behavior.”
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Toddler Care Area - Allows for Proper Supervision
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was deficient. The operation allowed children access to an area that limited their supervision.”
Jul 1, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“During an inspection an infant was observed sleeping on a stuff animal. The item was removed from the infant crib.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“During the inspection, Two infants were observed sleeping in a prohibited weighted sleep sack. This was corrected during the inspection, and the sleep sacks were removed.”
Dec 21, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A violation of this minimum standard was identified when staff did not properly account for a child in care and the child was left in the stairwell unsupervised.”
Dec 20, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A violation of this standard was identified when a staff member did not properly account for the children in care and a child was left unsupervised in a stairway.”
9 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 3, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
“A caregiver inaccurately documented a child being present after transitioning from an outside play area back inside after leaving the child on the play area unsupervised.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“During an investigation, it was determined a caregiver did not account for all of the children in care when transitioning from an outside play area back into the building. As a result, a child was left outside unsupervised.”
Sep 29, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operations sanitation inspection expired in July and is not current. The operation provided documentation that the health inspection was not requested until after the compliance date. As a result, the deficiency is being recited and a new compliance date is being given.”
Aug 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operations sanitation inspection expired in July and is not current.”
Jul 28, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not maintain self-control when assisting children during circle time. The caregiver became upset at a child and pull the child toward her. The child sustain an injury.”
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Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
“A caregiver did not use a form of positive discipline when interacting with a group of children. The caregiver was observed grabbing a child by the leg and forcefully pulling him toward her.”
Nov 22, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation did not have a current inspection.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“Four infant aged children did not have feeding instructions available to review.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“One infant aged children did not have updated feeding instructions.”
All 29 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 31, 2001.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 178 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.
- 6 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 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| YMCA @ Urban Adventure | 4 |
| Primrose School Klyde Warren Park | 2 |
| Merit Children’s Academy LLC | 9 |
| Celebree School of Dallas Arts District | 12 |
| Dallas First Presbyterian Church Developmental Day School This child care provider | 6 |
| Bright Horizons at Plaza of Americas | 0 |
| First United Methodist Development Learning Center | 1 |
| Saint Christopher Montessori | 11 |
| Legacy Kids Academy | 0 |
| Hai Thi Vo | 1 |
| Richardson Isd Northwood Hills Elementary | 2 |
| Richardson Isd- Richardson Terrace Elementary | 5 |
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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