Robert M Beren Academy
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77035
11333 Cliffwood Dr, Houston, Texas 77035. (713) 723-7170.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 26 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
26 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 21, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on May 5, 2025
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Mar 26, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
26 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Aug 21, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
“The operation was observed to not have an annual fire inspection report available for review. The current fire inspection report posted is dated 7/16/2025”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Seven out of ten children files were observed not to have the emergency medical care/ treatment completed and available for review as 8/21/26.”
Jan 20, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The operation did not report the number of employees that left in 2025 by the due date.”
May 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A substitute as observed having direct access to children in care and the operation has not received an eligiblity notification from CBCU stating the subsitute can be present. Note: The substitute left the operation during the inspection.”
Apr 11, 2025: assessment4 deficiencies
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The permit holder is not maintaining compliance with minimum standard requirements.”
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“The operation has not submitted documentation showing the annual fire inspection has been conducted.”
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Notification of Planned Closure
“The operation did not notify Child Care Regulation in writing before a planned closure of more than 5 consecutive days.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“The operation still has not provided access to the director’s personnel file upon request.”
Mar 26, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“During the inspection 3 caregivers were observed in classrooms with direct access to children. The caregivers background check statuses were inactive and the operation has not received a new notification stating the caregivers are eligible to be present. Note: All three caregivers left the operation during the inspection.”
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“Documentation showing the annual fire inspection has been conducted was not available for review upon request. The fire inspection report provided was dated for November 27th, 2023,”
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Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
“The operations employee list has not been validated since February 29th, 2024.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“The director’s file was not available to review upon request.”
Jan 31, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Designating Director
“As of today, the operation has not submitted the documentation showing a qualified director is in place.”
Nov 22, 2024: assessment4 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“As of today, the operation has not submitted documentation showing the annual training hours were completed for 9 staff files evaluated.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“As of today, the operation has not submitted documentation showing current CPR and First Aid training for 6 staff files evaluated.”
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Report Change in Director
“As of today, the operation has not submitted documentation to show there is a qualified center director to Child Care Regulation.”
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Required Personnel Records
“As of today, the operation has not submitted documentation showing following information for 10 staff files that were evaluated: - Proof of Education - Photo ID - Proof of Background Check Request/Letter”
Oct 10, 2024: inspection9 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“Annual training hours were missing or incomplete for 9 staff files evaluated.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“Documentation showing current CPR and First Aid training for 6 staff files was missing or expired.”
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Report Change in Director
“The operation did not report a change of director to Child Care Regulation within the required timeframe.”
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Required Postings-Child’s Food Allergies
“Food Allergy’s were not posted in the classroom during the inspection.”
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist
“Documentation showing monthly maintenance checklists were not available for review upon request.”
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Children’s Records - Admission Information
“Complete admission information was missing for 5 children’s files.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Health statements were missing for 5 children’s files evaluated.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Immunization records were missing for 5 children’s files evaluated.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Personnel was evaluated and missing the following information for 10 staff files: - Proof of Education - Photo ID - Proof of Background Check Request/Letter”
14 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 16, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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Corrections Made to Fire Inspection
“The operation has not made corrections to the fire marshall inspection and has not received a passing inspection report as a result.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“The gas leak inspection is expired and was last done 10/4/2021.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“4 caregivers did not have proof of training received in the required topic areas during the most recently completed training year.”
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months
“The operation was not keeping 3 months of building and ground checklists available for review.”
Nov 4, 2022: inspection8 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“A fire inspection has not been conducted by the local fire marshal since October 21st, 2021.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and directors - Pediatric CPR
“1 out of 6 staff files evaluated did not contain documentation of current CPR and First aid training.”
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Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training
“Documentation of the full 30 hours of annual training was not available for review during the inspection. An additional 7 hours is required.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“3 out of 6 children’s files evaluated did not contain complete emergency contact information. The files were missing the name, address and telephone numbers of the emergency contacts.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“The sign in and out log for 4 out of 6 classrooms observed during the inspection did not show any children signed in for the day. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when the caregivers signed all of the children in for the day.”
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Documentation for Directors - Verification of Meeting Educational Requirements
“1 out of 6 staff files evaluated did not contain documentation of educational requirements being met.”
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Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
“The operational policies was missing the following information: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor. (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place (F) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“1 out of 6 children’s files evaluated during the inspection did not contain documentation showing current immunizations have been completed.”
Jan 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“Four caregivers were observed in the classrooms with direct access to children. The operation had not submitted an initial background check. One caregiver with direct access to children was observed in a classroom. The caregivers background check was pending requesting fingerprints.”
Nov 30, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“Rm 107, Rm 301, and Rm 304 did not have any children present signed in.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 5, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Assessment | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Assessment | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Inspection | 8 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 29, 2003.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 126 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 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?
- 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 26.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Champions Learning Center | 1 |
| Oxford Academy | 18 |
| Prestige Academy | 29 |
| Khuong Thi Tran | 2 |
| Little Learners Lighthouse | 9 |
| Sugar Babies | 4 |
| Tatsiana Huryeva | 6 |
| One Hope Preschool | 7 |
| Robert M Beren Academy This child care provider | 26 |
| Meadows Preschool | 2 |
| Red Elementary Afterschool Program | 7 |
| Busy Bee Learning Academy | 15 |
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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