Grace Early Education Center

Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age

“This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. An infant was in care at the center and there was not a crib provided for the infant.”

Rule 746.2405(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 5, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2026.

Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

“Based on information obtained in a DFPS investigation, the director did not fulfill their director responsibilities as they were aware of a serious allegation about a caregiver but did not take action to mitigate the risk while the allegation is being investigated by removing the caregiver from access to children.”

Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2026. Correction verified: May 5, 2026.

Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The last documented health inspection was conducted 11/21/24. There was not documentation of a more recent inspection.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 29, 2025.

Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date

“During the inspection it was observed in the stored children’s medications that there was expired medication for five children: children’s ibuprofen that expired November 2025, children’s ibuprofen that expired August 2025, Benadryl that expired 2025, infants tylenol that expired September 2025 and an epi pen that expired November 2025. The medication that was expired was set to the side to return to the parents. The epi pen belongs to a child with a food allergy emergency plan and needs replaced.”

Rule 746.3805(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 5, 2026. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2025.

Medication No Longer Used

“Expired medication for two children in care had not been disposed of or returned to the parent. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when the medication was removed from the children’s medication storage and set to the side to return to the parent at pick up.”

Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2025.

Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

“Information obtained in the investigation supported an injury occurred in care in December that the parent was not notified about via phone call or at pickup the day it occurred. There was no evidence to substantiate that a bruise on a child was the result of a known biting incident the operation did not notify the parent about or that there was any other known incident that caused injury to the child.”

Rule 746.307(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 17, 2024.

Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The written annual CPSC certification had not been completed since 1/31/22. Note: This was corrected during the inspection by the director completing it.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2024.

Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

“The operational policies did not include the criteria used to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2024.