David Crockett Early Head Start
A licensed child care center in Abilene, Texas 79605
3282 S 13th St, Abilene, Texas 79605. (325) 690-3770.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Taylor County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 74 child care providers in Taylor County had 2.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 6, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Nov 17, 2025
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 Feb 7, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Feb 7, 2025
1 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
5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. 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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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.
Nov 17, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“It was determined a caregiver at the operation used prohibited punishment when the caregiver swatted a child on the hand.”
Feb 20, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Must Keep Hand on Child
“Throughout the course of the HHS Investigation, a caregiver failed to keep her hand on a child in care while the child was on the elevated diaper changing station. This resulted in the child in care falling to the ground.”
Feb 7, 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
“It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation the caregiver failed to maintain the level of supervision required for a young child in care while on the playground. Surveillance footage revealed the child was out of the caregiver?s view for a total period of 6 minutes. Within those 6 minutes, the child was left alone outside unsupervised on the enclosed playground for 3 minutes and 15 seconds.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation the operation failed to report to CCR within the required time frame. The incident occurred on 1/31/25. The incident was not reported to CCR until 2/3/25.”
Feb 4, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
“It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver withheld food from a child in care when the child refused to put their hands in their lap. The caregiver also threatened to remove other children’s plates if the children didn’t stop yelling.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 24, 2023: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“Throughout the course of the HHS Investigation, a 4-month-old infant in care was observed with a blanket in the crib while reviewing surveillance footage.”
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Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
“While reviewing surveillance footage for the HHS Investigation, infants in care were observed in restrictive devices for 36 minutes, 41 minutes, 26 minutes, 25 minutes, 47 minutes, and 26 minutes.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“Two infants in care were observed sleeping in a restrictive device while reviewing surveillance footage for the HHS Investigation.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 11, 2003.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 164 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?
- 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 74 child care providers in Taylor County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| David Crockett Early Head Start This child care provider | 5 |
| Aldersgate Abilene Methodist Church Academy | 7 |
| YMCA of Abilene- Preschool Center | 2 |
| Arlene Coleman Bell | Not given |
| Blest Beginnings | 2 |
| Small World of Learning | 22 |
| Mona Robinson | 4 |
| YMCA Enrichment Center | 3 |
| Sonia Aguero | Not given |
| Beltway Kids Academy | 0 |
| Lacey Connel | Not given |
| Keily Caro | Not given |
| Christina Rooslet | 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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