Columbus Avenue Baptist Church
A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76701
1300 Columbus Ave, Waco, Texas 76701. (254) 752-9000.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in McLennan County: 6
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 14, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the report to the state on Aug 21, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Jun 29, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Feb 11, 2026
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“There were 9 infants in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions on file for review.”
Aug 21, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“It was determined the operation has served a child with a diagnosed and documented food allergy, food that contains the ingredient, twice within a month time frame. The Director did not ensure all protocols for children with food allergies are being followed in order to reduce the risk to the children in care with food allergies.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“It was determined the operation served food that contained an ingredient a child in care has an allergy to.”
Jul 6, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“It was determined a child had a documented sensitivity to cinnamon by a physician and the child was given food with cinnamon..”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“The operation did not have a food allergy plan for a child who had a documented sensitivity the physician instructed not to give to the child.”
Jun 29, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“It was determined a child had an incident that required medical attention and the operation did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.”
Apr 22, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Child Who Was Ill May Return to Care With Statement from Health-Care Professional That Child No Longer Ill
“Based on the preponderance of evidence it was determined the operation allowed a child who exhibited symptoms of illness, return to care and the operation did not obtain a physician’s note.”
Feb 11, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“It was determined a caregiver pulled a child in care by their ear.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“It was determined the operation did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“It was determined 2 caregivers served a child food that they were allergic too.”
Nov 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“There was 1 caregiver that had only completed 10 of 24 hours, another caregiver had only completed 16 of 24 hours, another caregiver completed 8 out of 24 hours of annual training.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“There were 6 infants in care that did not have updated infant instructions on file.”
Feb 10, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“It was determined a caregiver would use their cellphone while children are in care.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 5, 1985.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 189 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 11 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 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Baylor Child Development Ctr | 4 |
| The Center Day Camp | 8 |
| Children First Learning Center | 7 |
| St Francis Kindergarten and Nursery | 2 |
| Waco Montessori School | 2 |
| Columbus Avenue Baptist Church This child care provider | 13 |
| St Pauls Day Care | 2 |
| Country Child Care | 0 |
| Little Rockets | 2 |
| Waco Child Development Center | 14 |
| Waco Child Development Infant | 5 |
| Marla Adams | 0 |
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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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