Joy Child Learning Center, LLC

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77065

11200 Steeplecrest Dr, Houston, Texas 77065. (281) 955-9486.

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The short answer

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

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
6 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 18, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Sep 30, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out, at the report to the state on Sep 25, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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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

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.

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

Sep 18, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Annual Sanitation Inspection - Conducted Local Sanitation Official

“The operation’s health inspection is not current.”

Rule 746.3401(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2026.
Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The operation’s fire inspection is not current.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2026.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The operation’s CPSC form is signed and date for 2020.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2026.

Sep 30, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

“During review of children records 2 out of 6 files evaluated did not have emergency medical authorization as required.”

Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2024.
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR

“During review of personnel records 3 out of 3 evaluated was found to not have current pediatric CPR as required.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“During review of children’s records 2 out of 6 files evaluated did not include all required information.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2024.

Sep 25, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out

“It was determined that the child was being placed in a restrictive device after exhibiting unfavorable behaviors.”

Rule 746.2805(8). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 4, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training

“During review of Personnel 1 out of 6 records evaluated did not have all 30 hours of training. Missing 2 hours.”

Rule 746.1301(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion

“During review of operational policies, the centers policies did not include a suspension and Expulsion policy as required.”

Rule 746.501(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 11, 2022.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“During review of Record Keeping 4 out of 6 records evaluated did not have complete emergency contact information.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“During review of the operational policies the centers policies was found not to include all required information.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 18, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2022.
Operational Policies - Inform Parents That They May Visit Center Anytime During Operating Hours

“During review of the operational policies the policies did not include informing parents of visiting during operating hours.”

Rule 746.501(b)(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 18, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2022.
Minimum Qualifications Child Care Center Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit

“Duirng review of personnel 2 out of 6 records evaluated did not have a Notarized affidavit.”

Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2022.

All 8 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Sep 18, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Sep 26, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 6, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 30, 2024	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Sep 25, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Oct 2, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 4, 2022	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2022	Assessment	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 8, 2006.
Its permit has conditions.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 66 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.
1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 7.

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Joy Child Learning Center, LLC This child care provider	7
Foundry Methodist Preschool	3
Christ the Redeemer Genesis Early Childhood Program	0
The Goddard School	24
Primrose School at Crossroads Park	1
Montessori Preschool at North Cypress	4
Kinder College II	5
Happy Days Cypress	7
Teresa Le	3
Incredible Kidz Daycare & Learning Center	8
Childtime Learning Centers	12
Yen VI Vo	4
Kool Kids Krayola Academy	22

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

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).
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).
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).
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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