First United Methodist Day School

A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76102

800 W 5th St, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. (817) 870-9174.

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The short answer

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

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
7 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 29, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Jun 23, 2025

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

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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.

Apr 29, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

“It was observed that four staffs haven’t certify / acknowledge that they been oriented yet.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“It was observed that two children did not wash their hands after diaper changing.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2026. Correction verified: May 7, 2026.
Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

“Proof of education needed for three caregivers.”

Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.

Jun 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

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

“During a CCR inspection on 6/23/25, a caregiver was observed with access to children without eligible background checks. As a result of the deficiency, an administrative penalty is recommended per HRC 42.078(a-2).”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2025.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 23, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

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

“Two caregivers were present without an cleared background check.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2023.
Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The operation does not have a current fire inspection on file. The last documented inspection was conducted in Decemeber 2021.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 3, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2023.

Nov 2, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“2 of 10 children’s files are missing the address for the emergency contact.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2022.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Infant Feeding Instructions

“Infant feeding instructions have not been updated since the inital enrollment information.”

Rule 746.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2022.

Dec 2, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies

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

“The center did not have verification of a current fire inspection.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 13, 2021.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“I observed an infant sitting in a feeding table without the safety strap.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 8, 2021.
Adequate Lighting During Naptime

“Infant room 122 did not have adequate lighting to allow visual supervision of all children in the group.”

Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 8, 2021.

All 7 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Apr 29, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Jun 23, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Sep 16, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 23, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 2, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2021	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 2, 2021	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 5, 1986.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 186 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.

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

11 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Ella Mcfadden-Downtown YMCA	2
Sundance-Downtown YMCA	2
Montessori at Sundance Square	2
First Presbyterian Church Early Education Center	5
First United Methodist Day School This child care provider	4
Saint Timothy Cumberland	7
Ridglea Hills-Westside YMCA	0
Jami Robertson	11
Gods Young Ministry (G.y.m) Childcare	0
St. Philip Preschool	23
Miller Elementary - YMCA of Arlington	17
Bryson Elementary - Northwest YMCA	12

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

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).
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).
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).
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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