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Neal Child Development Center

A licensed child care center in Bryan, Texas 77802

1306 Barak Ln, Bryan, Texas 77802. (979) 260-2679.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 105 child care providers in Brazos County had 2.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 7, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 21, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 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.

Jan 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

    “4 out of 6 children did not have written health statements in their child files.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 15, 2026.

Jan 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year

    “The operation did not complete lock down drills for the year 2023-2024. Along with not completing any lock down drills for 2024-2025.”

    Rule 746.5205(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 11, 2025.

Mar 21, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

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

    “The operation did not have a current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation did not have a current sanitation inspection.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation had not conducted a fire drill since January 29, 2024. This was corrected at inspection when the operation conducted a fire drill and documented it, bringing the operation into compliance.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 21, 2024.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The operation did not have a current gas inpsection.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 3, 2024.

Jan 18, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 18, 2024, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by January 15, 2024, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.

9 deficiencies older than three years
May 18, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children

    “While doing a walkthrough on the outdoor play area there was a puddle of water on the bottom of the slide. This was corrected at the inspection when the water was immediately cleaned by a caregiver.”

    Rule 746.3701(9). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2023.

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “While reviewing emergency drills it was found smoke detectors had not been tested since April 2022. This was corrected at the inspection when the smoke detectors were tested.”

    Rule 746.5319. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2023.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “While reviewing emergency drills it was found the fire extinguishers had not been checked since April 2022. This was corrected at the inspection when the fire extstinguisher was checked.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2023.

  • Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly

    “While reviewing emergency drills it was found the carbon monoxide had not been tested since April 2022. This was corrected at the inspection when the carbon monoxide was tested.”

    Rule 746.5537(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2023.

May 11, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “While reviewing video footage caregivers were seen not properly supervising children. This was corrected during the inspection when caregivers were properly supervising children.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2023.

Jan 30, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2022 data from January 26, 2023, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2022, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 2, 2023.

Jan 26, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “During the investigation it was found that the operation did not provide an incident report to the parent within 48 hours.”

    Rule 746.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2023.

Sep 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Reporting Suspected Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation

    “It was found that there were some concerns about innapropriate discipline and these concerns were not reported within 48 hours. It was discussed with the operation about being a mandated reporter and when and how to report.”

    Rule 746.201(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022.

Aug 25, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “There were 2 persons at the operation without an active background check observed with access to children. One person had a “pending” background check and the other person had an “inactive” background check. The Director sent the individuals home during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 26, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 7, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 28, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 21, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 18, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 18, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
May 11, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 30, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 26, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 21, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 19, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 25, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 31, 1996.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 87 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.
  • 3 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 105 child care providers in Brazos County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
Source:

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

12 of the 105 in Brazos County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Neal Child Development Center This child care provider7
Bethel Lutheran Preschool0
Busy Bees Dayhome5
Faith & Family Early Learning Center10
Juanita Armstrong0
Alphabest @ Rayburn-Bryan0
Kara CavanessNot given
Kiddie Academy of Bryan3
Perfect Care Learning Center8
Dual After School Program1
Rebecca Upshaw0
Byrds Nest Childcare0
Bvcaa Early Head Start Center2

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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