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Friendswood Kindercare

A licensed child care center in Friendswood, Texas 77546

2550 W Bay Area Blvd, Friendswood, Texas 77546. (281) 482-4589.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

18 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 26, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Sep 4, 2026

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 Apr 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on May 9, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 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 4, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “Based on information provided a child was served a known food intolerance which was documented by the physician.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2026.

Apr 15, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on information gathered, one child was left outside unsupervised for at least three minutes.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2026. Correction verified: May 18, 2026.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 Survey data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2025.

May 9, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies

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

    “Cleaning Supplies were in unlocked cabinets and were accessible to children in the Preschool and Discovery Preschool classrooms.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2024. Correction verified: May 24, 2024.

  • Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

    “Three out of ten employees are missing education credentials on file for review.”

    Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “One out of ten children’s files evaluated is missing immunization records.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Multiple caregivers are missing 24 hours of annual training.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2024.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “I observed children sleeping on cots that were labeled with other children’s names in the Preschool, Discovery Preschool, and Infant C clasrooms.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 17, 2024. Correction verified: May 24, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

    “Multiple employees are missing documentation showing their first date of employment.”

    Rule 746.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: May 17, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Three out of ten employees are missing a notarized affidavit on file for review.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2024. Correction verified: May 17, 2024.

Feb 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “After a child walked out the restroom did not was they hands. Corrected: When the caregiver had him wash his hands.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation does not have a current annual inspection as it expired 8/12/2023.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2024.

May 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records

    “During inspection visit staff training files were not avaliable upon review.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2023.

Mar 16, 2022: report to the state4 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 neglectful supervision. A child was found in the parking lot unattended for approximately 5-15 minutes”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation caregivers were not adequately supervising the children during their outside time. A child was able to open the fence on the playground and walk to the parking lot. The caregivers were unaware of the incident until informed by another staff member.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the gate surrounding the playground was not locked properly.”

    Rule 746.4309. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the playground did not receive an inspection before students accessed the playground.”

    Rule 746.4751(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.

All 28 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 4, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 15, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 17, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 1, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 2, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 24, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 9, 2024Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Feb 16, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 12, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 23, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 24, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 2, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 27, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 31, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 26, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 16, 2022Report to the state4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 2, 2006.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 125 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.
  • 9 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?

  • 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 11.
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
Big Blue Marble Academy LLC15
Koala Kare No 2 -7
Building Blocks Academy Friendswood20
The Galloway School4
Little Wonders of Baybrook Baptist2
Friendswood Kindercare This child care provider11
Yorkshire Academy4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School12
Brooke’s Learning Corner4
School in the Pines2
Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program7
Childrens Cottage Infant Center11

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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