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Sunshine Playhouse Inc.

A licensed child care center in Saginaw, Texas 76179

808 Longhorn Rd, Saginaw, Texas 76179. (817) 232-4941.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 5 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 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 Apr 18, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Apr 18, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Apr 18, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

8 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 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “An infant in care did not have updated feeding instructions on file. The instructions on file were dated 11/25/2025. The parent updated and signed the feeding instruction form during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2026.

Feb 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “Two out of four infant bottles were observed not labeled with first name and last initial. Corrected at inspection when all bottles were labeled. All infant caregivers were retrained on labeling bottles at time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One out of ten updated immunization records were not available at time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 17, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 4, 2025.

Jun 14, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met

    “Nap time room was over ratio by 5 children. Three children were ages 12-17 months old. This was corrected at time of inspection when another caregiver was added to ratio.”

    Rule 746.1613(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 14, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2024.

Apr 18, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “A caregiver did not demonstrate self-control by pushing a child after the child tried taking a toy from another child.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “A caregiver on occasion would yell at children when frustrated.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “An allegation of prohibited punishment of a child was not reported.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

Feb 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR

    “Two caregivers did not have current CPR training to review.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 29, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 27, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Mar 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Medication Authorization Expires on First Anniversary

    “One EpiPen for a child expired was expired.”

    Rule 746.3803(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2023.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 3, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 3, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 14, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 12, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 11, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
May 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 18, 2024Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Feb 15, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 23, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 6, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 1, 1986.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 154 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.
  • 4 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

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 8.
Source:

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

12 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Sunshine Playhouse Inc. This child care provider8
Bryson Elementary - Northwest YMCA12
Eagle Mountain Church7
Teresa Alvarado6
Saginaw Elementary-Northwest YMCA4
Jennifer BentonNot given
Superstar Academy3
Starkeisha Owens2
Lisa ReddingNot given
Country Acres Child Development Center6
Dawnnette PallasNot given
Dozier Elementary - Northwest YMCA21
Kce Champions LLC @ Iltx-Saginaw1

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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