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St. Joseph Catholic Early Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Bryan, Texas 77803

109 N Preston Ave, Bryan, Texas 77803. (979) 779-0861.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2024. Most serious: Medium 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?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 105 child care providers in Brazos County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 2, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

2 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Aug 21, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “One caregiver only obtained 8 hours of preservice, and did not obtain the remaining 16 hours before their 90 days of employment.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2024.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two children did not have an emergency contact address and one child did not have emergency contact information.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 30, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 5, 2024.

11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “The operation did not have a passed fire inspection from 2022.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2023.

Jul 18, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Designating Director

    “A director has not been assigned to the operation since 6/9/2023.”

    Rule 746.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2023.

Jan 30, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2022 data from January 26, 2023, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2022, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 3, 2023.

Nov 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Items Accessible to Children

    “Observed two toddler classrooms who did not have toys in the reach of children. One classroom had the shelf blocking the other shelf which had the toys on them. The other classroom had the shelf turned around and toys on top of the shelf. This was corrected when the toys were put in the reach of the children and Shelves were moved.”

    Rule 746.2505(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2022.

Oct 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions

    “It was found after interviewing multilple staff that a caregiver that has conditions on their background check is being left alone in a two year old classroom. The caregivers conditions state that they cannot be left alone with children. During the walkthrough it was seen that the caregiver was present in the room with other caregivers who have no conditions. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC ?42.078.”

    Rule 745.635(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.

Oct 26, 2022: report to the state4 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “After interviewing staff it was found that the operation was out of ratio on the date in question and is often out of ratio.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

  • Employee Handwashing After Removing Gloves

    “A caregiver at the operation stated that they do not wash their hands after removing gloves when changing diapers.”

    Rule 746.3415(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “After talking to four staff members it was found that fire drills are not physically being conducted. Staff members are not aware of when there is a drill happening and where they should recover to incase a fire occurs.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

  • Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Items Accessible to Children

    “In two toddler classrooms the toy storage shelves were turned around and not accesible to children and toys were also up on a shelf.”

    Rule 746.2505(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

Sep 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Observed overgrown grass on the playground. I spoke to the director about ensuring the grass stays cut .”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2022.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Out of 10 children files, one child’s file was missing a health statement and immunization record.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 22, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 21, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 18, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 27, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 30, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 10, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 28, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 26, 2022Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Sep 12, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 1, 2007.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • Capacity: 119 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.
  • 2 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 105 child care providers in Brazos County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
Source:

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

12 of the 105 in Brazos County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
St. Joseph Catholic Early Learning Center This child care provider2
Bryan Child Development Center2
Vanessa Smith1
Cuddly Care Daycare0
Connie Kasner0
Alphabest @ Long-Bryan0
Claudette Cunningham2
Maria BanuelosNot given
Brazos Valley Kidz Academy0
Precious Moment Christian Preschool0
Texas Elite Learning Center2
Alphabest @ Kemp Carver-Bryan0
Tooties Tender Care Child Care2

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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