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Garden Oaks Baptist Early Learning Ctr

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77018

3206 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, Texas 77018. (713) 880-4622.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 26, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

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

Oct 26, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “The food allergy plan for four children with known food allergies were not signed by the parents of the children.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 2, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2026.

Oct 30, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation did not have an updated sanitation inspection, the last one conducted was on 9/14/2023.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 13, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2024.

  • Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date

    “CCR observed an expried EpiPen.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 11, 2024.

15 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 17, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “Caregiver stated they had 15 children in care, when I counted they were 14 children. Corrected: When the caregiver recounted children.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One child is still missing information for emergency care authorizations.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2022.

Nov 7, 2022: inspection10 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device

    “In the toddler two classroom two children were observed to be strap in a high chair for time out.”

    Rule 746.2805(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

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

    “The operation did not have a fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Three children are missing information for emergency care authorizations.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “Seven caregivers had online CPR training and not in person.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2022.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “After the two year old child was changed the caregiver did not wash his hands with soap and water.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

  • Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

    “Children medication was not in the original container labeled with their name.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “The operation did not maintain loose-fill surfacing materials they do not have a least six inches for the play area that is greater than five feet or less.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2022.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation did not have a updated gas inspection, the last inspection was conduct on 7/13/2020.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “They were 15 infants missing a updated feed instructions form.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Four caregivers are missing an affidavit in their file.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2022.

Nov 8, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “The operation did not have a current inspection as required by minimum standards.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2021.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “During the walkthrough I observed a caregiver caring for 6 infants with a SAG of 12-17 months with a ratio of 1:5. The caregiver was over ratio by 1. And in another room I observed a caregiver caring for 8 infants with a SAG of 12-17 months with a ratio of 1:5. The caregiver was over ratio by 3. This was corrected when the director placed another caregiver in each room.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2021.

  • Infant Handwashing - Individual Cloth

    “During the walkthrough I observed a caregiver who did not wash an infant’s hands after diapering.”

    Rule 746.3421(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2021.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 26, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 2, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 21, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 17, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 7, 2022Inspection10 deficiencies cited
Nov 19, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 8, 2021Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 3, 2008.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 204 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 3.
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
Garden Oaks Baptist Early Learning Ctr This child care provider3
Joy Caka4
The Little Learning Place5
St Matthews Cdc22
St Rose of Lima2
Kidventure After School @ St. Rose of Lima7
Children Today71
Sproutstart Academy10
Goswami Academy14
Primrose School of Garden Oaks12
Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Forest10
Village Montessori45
Oak Forest Academy26

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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