Hearth Record

The Ark Childrens Center

A licensed child care center in Webster, Texas 77598

760 Clear Lake City Blvd, Webster, Texas 77598. (713) 551-4870.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2024. 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 28, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans, at the inspection on Sep 17, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 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 17, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

    “There was no emergency prepardness plan or procedures with the required information for review.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(24). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “There was no information regarding the promotion of physical activities for both indoors and outdoors.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies did not contain information for the support and care of the inclusion of special needs children in care.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Three children’s records did not have current immunization records on file or an exemption affidavit.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2024.

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

    “One child did not have a current health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 6, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “Cleaning products were not labeled with it content. Corrected at Inspection. Note: Pictures were taken.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “During Inspection the cribs in the infant room had lose fitting sheets. There were no children in the cribs during the inspection. Note: Pictures were taken.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 11, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “During inspection the toddler room had a plastic sink that was chipped and cracked, In the PreK room the outlet cover was cracked. Corrected at inspection: sink was removed and tape was placed over outlet cover for temporary fix.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023.

Oct 20, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of physical abuse. Note: This was corrected prior to the investigation when the director took action after being informed of the incident. The caregiver was terminated and there were no other concerns.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2022.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Hitting with Hand or Instrument

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation there is sufficient information to prove that a caregiver used prohibited punishment.”

    Rule 746.2805(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2022.

Jan 18, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two of four records were lacking a complete emergency contact.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2022.

  • Director Annual Training - Required 6 hours

    “The directors record were lacking the required 6 hours in the following subjects: Child growth and development, Guidance and discipline, Age-appropriate curriculum, Teacher-child interaction and Serving children with special care needs.”

    Rule 746.1311(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2022.

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

    “The directors records were lacking one hour of training related to preventing and reporting child maltreatment.”

    Rule 746.1311(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 18, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Sep 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 20, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Feb 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 18, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 21, 2005.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 244 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.
  • 1 report 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 5.
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
Distinct Abilities Academic Preschool LLC9
His Kids - Heritage Park Baptist Church1
Hope Academy7
Iman Academy Child Care Center2
Kids R Kids #62 TX5
Acrokids Academy Friendswood0
Tomorrow’s Leaders, LLC1
Marilyn Limardo8
Early Childhood Education Center0
The Growing Place0
The Ark Childrens Center This child care provider5
Little Peoples Greater Life6

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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