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Dealey Child Care Center

A licensed child care center in Dallas, Texas 75231

8190 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, Texas 75231. (214) 345-7353.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children, at the report to the state on Sep 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Sep 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Sep 21, 2026

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

9 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.

Sep 23, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “A child was not sent to wash their hands after using the restroom. The operation came into compliance when i spoke with the caregiver and the was child was assisted with hand washing.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

Sep 21, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children

    “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver poured water onto a child because they did not respond to a request.”

    Rule 746.1201(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “This standard was tasked as a result of an investigation and found to be deficient. The operation did not report an allegation regarding an inappropriate interaction to Child Care Regulation.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

    “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. The child’s parents were not notified of the incident within the required timeframe.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2026.

Jul 15, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Three infants infant care instructions were not up to date, with the last updates occuring in May of 2026.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

Apr 27, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “Two cleaning spray bottles were left in reach of a child in room Two’s 12. The operation came into compliance when the caregiver moved the spray bottles to an area out of reach of the children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 27, 2026.

Aug 4, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “One of the 10 personnel files evaluated does not have hands on practice with a manikin for their CPR class.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2025.

  • Children’s Products-Posting of CPSC website

    “The operation does not have a posted notice for accessing recalled children’s products.”

    Rule 746.4135(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Operating Times

    “The operation is missing the following subsections in their operational policies: 746.501(1), (12), (18)(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (19), (23), and (26)(b), (c), (d), (e).”

    Rule 746.501(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2025.

4 deficiencies older than three years
May 10, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “This standard was tasked as part of an investigation and found deficient. A caregiver was present with children without a background check ran.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2023. Correction verified: May 24, 2023.

Oct 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

    “The operation did not have a the required documentation for a class pet that required a health statement.”

    Rule 746.3903(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “Review of the operation first aid kit did not have antiseptic solution or wipes, and cotton balls. This was corrected during inspection the items were placed in first aid kit.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2022.

Oct 29, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “This standard was evaluated during the course of an investigation, and it was found to be deficient. A child was left unsupervised in the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 21, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jul 15, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 27, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 20, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 4, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 4, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 24, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 10, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 27, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 23, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Oct 29, 2021Report to the state1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 10, 2012.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 250 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.
  • 5 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 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 9.
Source:

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

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Richardson Isd Merriman Park Elementary2
Jeanette’s Little Haven Enrichment Center34
Mary Ann Smith0
Northstar Preschool at Fair Oaks1
East Ridge Academy10
Celebree School of Dallas North Park2
YMCA @ Jill Stone @ Vickery0
Northpark Presbyterian Day School0
Dealey Child Care Center This child care provider9
Montessori Childrens House and School0
Saint Christopher Montessori11
Legacy Kids Academy0

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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