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A licensed child care home in Houston, Texas 77033

5007 Higgins St, Houston, Texas 77033. (832) 582-6685.

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The short answer

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

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

The last 24 months 12 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Dec 9, 2025: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Release Information, at the inspection on Dec 11, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

12 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

12 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.

Jan 2, 2025: assessment3 deficiencies

Transportation Safety Training-Primary Caregiver and Employee Transporting

“Transportation training was not available for review.”

Rule 747.1314. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2025.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“The primary caregiver did not have the required annual training.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2025.
Personnel Records

“Personnel record was not available for review during inspection.”

Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2025.

Dec 11, 2024: inspection9 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Release Information

“One record did not contain release information for one student.”

Rule 747.605(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 18, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Transportation Safety Training-Primary Caregiver and Employee Transporting

“Transportation training was not available for review.”

Rule 747.1314. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.
Store Pest Control Products According to Label

“One bottle of raid was observed in the kitchen on top of the counter. Note: Photos were taken. This item was removed during inspection.”

Rule 747.3225(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2024.
Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

“The primary caregiver did not have the required annual training.”

Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.
Required Admission Information - Physician Information

“One student record did not contain the address of the physician or doctor.”

Rule 747.605(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 18, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“One12 month old infant record did not contain updated immunizations.”

Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

“The CPSC form was not available for review during the inspection.”

Rule 747.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 18, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

“Documentation of safety drills was not available during inspection.”

Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 18, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Personnel Records

“Personnel record was not available for review during inspection.”

Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2025.

5 deficiencies older than three years

Jan 2, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Required Immunizations

“One Children records was missing immunization record.”

Rule 747.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.
Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

“One children record missing admission package. Corrections were made at inspections”

Rule 747.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 2, 2023.
Required Health Statement

“Required health statement was not updated.”

Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2023.

May 2, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

Prohibited Punishments - Hitting with Hand or Instrument

“It was confirmed through interviews with staff and children that the children were being popped by caregiver.”

Rule 747.2705(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2022. Correction verified: May 18, 2022.

Jan 11, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

First Aid Kit - Complete Kit

“The first aid kit is missing adhesive tape.”

Rule 747.3803(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2022.

All 10 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Dec 9, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 2, 2025	Assessment	3 deficiencies cited
Dec 11, 2024	Inspection	9 deficiencies cited
Dec 20, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 2, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
May 13, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
May 2, 2022	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 20, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 7, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 11, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued May 2, 2007.
Its permit has conditions.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 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.
2 reports 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 12.

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
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Kelso Head Start Center	2
Right Fit Kids Academy	10
Blessing Academy Ecc	6
Kandy Stripe Academy	11
Tiny Land Learning Academy	2
Shoelaces Learning Center This child care provider	12
Bastian Elementary Head Start Center	1
Yorkshire Academy	4
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School	12
Brooke’s Learning Corner	4
School in the Pines	2
Gloria Dei Early Childhood Program	7

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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