Margaret H Cone Head Start Center
A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75210
2919 Troy St, Dallas, Texas 75210. (214) 217-3170.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 11 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 12, 2026: no violation found.
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 May 8, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Jan 20, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jun 14, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
May 8, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This standard was pulled as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A child was left alone in classroom three for twenty-seven minutes.”
Jan 20, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“This standard was pulled as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver was seen in video footage striking a child across the face with an open palm.”
Jul 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“An infants’s feedings instructions have not been updated since April of 2025.”
Jun 14, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the information provided, a caregiver did not use good judgment when trying to get a child to sit properly in a chair. The caregiver moved the chair in a manner that caused the child to fall and hit their head on a table as a result.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 8, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 20, 2008.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 206 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Vicki’s First Steps | 0 |
| Braswell Child Development | 1 |
| Catrina Butler | Not given |
| Margaret H Cone Head Start Center This child care provider | 4 |
| Saint Christopher Montessori | 11 |
| Legacy Kids Academy | 0 |
| Hai Thi Vo | 1 |
| Richardson Isd Northwood Hills Elementary | 2 |
| Richardson Isd- Richardson Terrace Elementary | 5 |
| Richardson Isd O. Henry Elementary | 0 |
| Storytime Overnight Child Care Services LLC | 0 |
| Kings and Queens Court | 8 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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