Avance Mangum Center
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77092
4503 Mangum Rd, Houston, Texas 77092. (713) 686-5228.
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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
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 4, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Sep 12, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Sep 12, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Nov 11, 2024
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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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.
Sep 12, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Two caregivers exercised poor judgment while interacting and redirecting a child. Both caregivers threw a toy at the child. One caregiver snatched an item from the child’s hand. Another caregiver placed cucumber slices on the child’s eyes during snack time and pushed the child twice.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“One caregiver was observed pulling a child by the arms and dragging the child. Another grabbed the child by the arm and pulled the child towards them as a form of redirection.”
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Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“A child was observed digging in the trash can and removing a straw, while the caregiver failed to intervene.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“The incident report was not provided to the parent within the required 48-hour timeframe.”
Mar 9, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Block certification training include hours and topics
“CCR reviewed the director training certificate, which does not specify the training’s topic and the training hours.”
Feb 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Block certification training include hours and topics
“CCR reviewed the director training certificate, which does not specify the training’s topic and the training hours.”
Feb 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“There was less than two inches of loose fill observed on both playground areas.”
Feb 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“Part of the baseboard in one of the bathrooms was peeling from the wall. A large hole was observed in the outside playground area that posed a tripping hazard.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“There was less than two inches of loose fill observed on both playground areas.”
Nov 11, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver grabbed a child’s arm in an attempt to redirect the child.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not report the incident to CCR within the 48-hour time frame.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“The incident report was not shared with the parent within 48 hours of the incident.”
9 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 1, 2023: 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
“It was determined that the caregivers failed to provide the level of supervision necessary to ensure visual awareness when they allowed a 3-year-old to be in the restroom for approximately 5 minutes without checking on them.”
Oct 12, 2023: report to the state5 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on video footage the caregiver was found to have grabbed a child by one arm and pulled them across the floor to sit them on another spot on the carpet.”
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Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
“The caregiver was observed in video footage changing several children’s diapers without washing their hands as required.”
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“The caregiver was observed of video footage not washing their hands after cleaning children’s noses.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“Children were observed on video footage not washing their hands after getting their diapers changed.”
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Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
“The caregiver was observed on video footage provided not sanitizing the diaper changing table after each diaper change.”
Feb 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“During the walkthrough I observed two caregivers not washing their hands after assisting a child with wiping their notse.”
May 3, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“It was determined that the director did not demonstrate good judgement when she did not contact parents to pick up children and allowed them to stay in a building without cool air from 7:30 am until 12pm when the building finally cooled down.”
Feb 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“One out of ten staff records reviewed is missing the CPR training completed face to face.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Report to the state | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 3, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 11, 2011.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 368 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.
- 9 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 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.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Avance Mangum Center This child care provider | 12 |
| Childrens Cottage Infant Center | 11 |
| Advent’s Beloved Children Abc Learning Center | 3 |
| Laugh N’ Discover Early Learning Center | 3 |
| The New Day School | 4 |
| Little Hands Day Care | 12 |
| Small World Learning Academy | 5 |
| Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp Nexus | 9 |
| The Nest of Grace Childcare | 16 |
| The Learning Express Houston | 8 |
| Gethsemane Lutheran Mdo | 1 |
| Maria Granados | 9 |
| St Ambrose Early Childhood Center | 3 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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