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Margarita Espinoza

A registered child care home in Houston, Texas 77075

8038 Tavenor Ln, Houston, Texas 77075. (713) 261-0335.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. 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?

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

5 inspections on record. The latest, on May 14, 2025: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Additional Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know and Comply with Minimum Standards, at the inspection on May 2, 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 25, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Mar 25, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

15 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

May 2, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Additional Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know and Comply with Minimum Standards

    “The operation has been cited for child to caregiver ratio three times.”

    Rule 747.1501(c)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2025. Correction verified: May 14, 2025.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - Registered Child Care Home

    “The primary caregiver had seven students in care ages 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, and 15 months old. The operation was out of ratio by one student.”

    Rule 747.1701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2025. Correction verified: May 14, 2025.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “During the follow up inspection the television was observed in use for students ages 15 months to 3 years old.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2025. Correction verified: May 14, 2025.

Apr 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - Registered Child Care Home

    “The primary caregiver had seven students in care ages 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 22 months old. The operation was out of ratio by one student.”

    Rule 747.1701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2025. Correction verified: May 2, 2025.

Mar 25, 2025: inspection11 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “The assistant caregiver was observed with seven students without the required background check results.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One record did not contain the required emergency medical authorization.”

    Rule 747.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “The assistant caregiver did not have the required first-aid and CPR training.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 16, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The primary caregivers first-aid and CPR training did not contain the hands on portion.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2025.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - Registered Child Care Home

    “The primary caregiver had seven students in care ages 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 22 months old. The operation was out of ratio by one student.”

    Rule 747.1701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “Two students were observed being changed and not washing hands after diapering.”

    Rule 747.3213(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - No Play or Eating Surfaces Used

    “The caregiver was observed changing diapers on the living room sofa.”

    Rule 747.3303(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Diapering Procedures- Sanitizing the Diapering Area

    “The caregiver was observed changing students on the couch and not sanitizing after each child.”

    Rule 747.3307(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “One record did not contain the required emergency contact address.”

    Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2025.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A 22 month old was provided screen time. Note: This was corrected when the tv was turned off.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.

  • Health Statement on File

    “One record did not contain the required health statement.”

    Rule 747.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2025.

1 deficiency older than three years
Mar 29, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver was missing 13 hours of annual trainning.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 2, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 1, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2025Inspection11 deficiencies cited
Mar 29, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Oct 20, 2006.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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 15.
Source:

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
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Margarita Espinoza This child care provider15
Anh Thi Trinh5
Hanh Ly Vo1
La Chau15
Karina Chavez7
Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Windmill Lakes9
Em Thi Dinh2
Mai Ly2
Yen Chi Nguyen0
Michelle Lam0
My Ngoc Dinh3
Inspire Me Learning Center12
Life’s Little Blessings5

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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