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Northbrook Elementary - Northwest YMCA

A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76131

2500 Cantrell Sansom Rd, Fort Worth, Texas 76131. (817) 237-6840.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 12, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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

Feb 26, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised

    “At the time inspection the program director had not been on site or in communication with the person left in charge since the site director had left their role in January 2026.”

    Rule 744.1005(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit - Available in Each Building, on Field Trips, during Transportation

    “At the time of the inspection the program could not access the cafeteria where the first aid kit was located because the door was locked while the school had a program going on.”

    Rule 744.2751. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

  • Report Change in Director

    “At the time of inspection it was found that the site director had left the program at the end of January in 2026 and this was not reported within the required time frame.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 26, 2026.

  • Director’s Absence - Caregiver in Charge Has Access to All Records

    “At the time of the inspection the caregiver in charge did not have immediate access to information that allowed them to communicate effectively with parents. She was not provided information about the enrollment status of a child in care which caused confusion about their attendance the day of the inspection.”

    Rule 744.1013(b)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “At the time of the inspection an epi pen present had expired in January of 2026 and was stored with the first aid kit and medicatiosn.”

    Rule 744.2659. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 17, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily

    “The active play area and equipment has not been inspected in the last three months.”

    Rule 744.3113(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 17, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Fire drill practices has not been conducted in the last 4 months.”

    Rule 744.3559(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2023.

May 9, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Children in Control

    “Caregivers were unable to keep children under control, an ISD staff was observed intervening in order to get the children attention.”

    Rule 744.1203(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “The last fire drill was documented on 1/23/22.”

    Rule 744.3503. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.

    “Last licensing inspection was not posted.”

    Rule 744.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 26, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Mar 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 3, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 17, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 9, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 24, 2009.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 60 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
Source:

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

12 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Northbrook Elementary - Northwest YMCA This child care provider5
Little America Daycare18
Alphabest @ Nance Elementary - Northwest14
Mary Ann’s Childcare0
Primrose School of NW Fort Worth9
Timathea Griffith9
The Goddard School of Fort Worth9
Northwest YMCA Copper Creek Elementary5
Alphabest @ Berkshire- Northwest10
YMCA Gililland Elementary6
Margie Davis16
YMCA Hatley Elementary13
Arica BusbyNot given

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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