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Alpha Academy

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77038

1647 Candytuft Ct, Houston, Texas 77038. (281) 820-3399.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 18 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: 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?

18 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 30, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Sep 30, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Oct 2, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

18 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

18 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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

Sep 30, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “The following was observed: 1. Cleaning supplies that were stored in the cabinet underneath the sink were accessible to the children. 2. Cleaning supplies in the bathroom were stored in a cabinet that was accessible to children. Neither one of the cabinets had a childproof safety latch to prevent children from accessing the cleaning supplies. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2026.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The start time of the fire drills is not being documented. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2026.

Oct 2, 2025: inspection16 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The parent handbook lacked the following information: 1. Requirements for indoor/outdoor physical activity, benefits of indoor//outdoor physical activity, duration of indoor/outdoor physical activity, type of indoor/outdoor physical activity, the setting, recommended clothing and footwear, criteria used when the weather prevents outdoor play and plan for physical activity when outdoor play is limited. 2. Instructions on how parents may access Minimum Standards, the HHSC website and contact information for the local Child Care Regulation Office. 3. Staff vaccination policy”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2025.

  • Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

    “The director did not one clock hour of training in SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Abusive Head Trauma and Understanding Early CHildhood Brain Development for the August 2024-August 2025 training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not state how children will be evacuated from the center and how children under the age of 2 will be evacuated.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not include the emergency phone number for the center, does not state how the center will communicate with emergency authorities and CHild Care Regulation.”

    Rule 746.5202(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Essential Documentation

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not state how the center will evacuate the building with parent contact information, emergency contact information and emergency medical authorization information for each child.”

    Rule 746.5202(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not state how children will be cared for during the emergency.”

    Rule 746.5202(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Reunification Plan

    “The emergency preparedness plan does not state how children will be reunited with their parents once the emergency is over,”

    Rule 746.5202(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

    “Of the six personnel records evaluated, two did not complete training in the recognition of child abuse and neglect for the September 2024-September 2025 training year.”

    Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Of the six personnel records evaluated, two did not receive training in communicable diseases including immunizations and understanding building and physical premises safety for the September 2024-September 2025 training year.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Director Annual Training -Required 1 hour in prevention, recognition and reporting of child maltreatment

    “The director did not complete training in the recognition of child abuse and neglect for the August 2024-August 2025 training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2025.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director did not receive training in communicable diseases including immunizations and understanding building and physical premises safety for the August 2024-August 2025 training year.”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “Of the six children’s records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. One lacked the address for the emergency contact 2. One lacked authorization for emergency medical care. 3. One lacked the phone number of the child’s doctor”

    Rule 746.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “The list of current employees did not include all staff that are working at the center, This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2025.

  • Required posting of name, address, and telephone number - Local CCR office

    “The emergency telephone number posting included the incorrect telephone number for the local Child Care Regulation Office. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.405(b)(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Of the six personnel records evaluated, two lacked the pre-employment affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

    “Of the six children’s records evaluated, five lacked the name and address of the doctor who examined the child within the past year.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 30, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2025Inspection16 deficiencies cited
Oct 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 11, 2002.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 51 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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).
Source:

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 18.
Source:

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
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Laughter’s Childcare Center9
Rina’s Childcare21
Bambini Daycare10
2 Unique Kids Learning Academy16
Jacquelene WardsworthNot given
Francisca AndinoNot given
Latonya Denise StewartNot given
Eternity Christian Childcare6
Alpha Academy This child care provider18
Unity Child Care14
Bright Stars Cdc13
Touch of Class Day Care18

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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