Esperanza Heights

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77007

429 Heights Blvd, Houston, Texas 77007. (713) 868-2200.

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The short answer

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

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
6 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 14, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 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

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 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“During the review of children’s records 2 out of the 8 records evaluated did not have all of the required emergency contact information.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 22, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2026.

Sep 17, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded

“CCR observed floor fans in the school-age classroom and on the outside playground that are accessible to the children.”

Rule 746.3701(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.
Required Admission Information - Water Activity Permission

“Four children’s admission forms were evaluated and were missing the question about whether the child can swim and if they have a swim life jacket.”

Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2025.
Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list

“The operation have not validated the people since 02/24/2025.”

Rule 745.651(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.
Documented annual training - Specific to water safety

“CCR reviewed the operation Summer Safety training PowerPoint and found it does not meet the specific training requirements for water safety in and around swimming pools.”

Rule 746.1325(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 15, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.
Required Personnel Records -Training Hours

“Three staff files were reviewed, and the water safety training certificate was missing from each of file.”

Rule 746.901(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2025.
Documentation of Training Requirements - Trainer’s Qualifications

“CCR observed a training certificate that did not include all of the requirements, such as the trainer’s qualifications.”

Rule 746.1329(b)(5). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2025.

Sep 19, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation has not conducted a fire drill since May/2024.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2024.
Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“2 out of 4 caregivers were missing the following annual training topics: * Emergency preparedness * Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, *Administering medication, *Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials *Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction * Understanding building and physical premises safety, * Prevention, recognition, and reporting of child maltreatment.”

Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2024.
Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

“The director is missing the required annual training topics: * Emergency preparedness * Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, *Administering medication, *Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials *Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction * Understanding building and physical premises safety, * Prevention, recognition, and reporting of child maltreatment.”

Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 23, 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 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years

Sep 25, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

Annual Sanitation Inspection- Inspection unavailable must maintain documentation at operation and make available to us

“The operation did not have any documentation on not having to have a sanitation inspection.”

Rule 746.3401(c)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2023.
Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

“A television in the stem room was not anchored down.”

Rule 746.3701(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2023.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“Two children with an food allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2023.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

“The operation did not have their emergency preparedness plan available for viewing.”

Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2023.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“One child is missing information for their emergency contact person.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2023.

Oct 3, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“The eight children’s files that were reviewed did not have an address for the emergency contact.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 6, 2022.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“One caregiver is missing 15 hours of training for training year 5/21/2021 to 5/21/2022. The other caregiver is missing 14 hours of training for training year 7/20/2021 to 7/20/2022.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2022.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director is missing 15 hours of annual training for training year 6/8/2021 to 6/8/2022.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2022.

All 7 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Sep 14, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 17, 2025	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Sep 19, 2024	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Jan 24, 2024	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Sep 25, 2023	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Oct 3, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 29, 2002.
Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 86 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.
0 reports 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 11.

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	13
Esperanza Heights This child care provider	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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