Abc Children’s Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77088

8385 Antoine Dr, Houston, Texas 77088. (281) 445-0606.

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The short answer

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

17 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
13 inspections on record
2-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 17 deficiencies in 7 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?

17 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 29, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on Sep 30, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Sep 30, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

17 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

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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.

Sep 29, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

Animals - Do Not Create Unsafe or Unsanitary Conditions

“CCR observed three goats loose and feces on the ground in the area where they are housed on the side of the operation, the same area also serves as an emergency exit route for children.”

Rule 746.3901(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2026.
Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“CCR reviewed two caregiver files and found that the required training on understanding building and physical premises safety was missing. Additionally, the Pre-K teacher was missing all the required special safety topics training.”

Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2026.
Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

“CCR reviewed the directors’ files and observed that the director/owner and the second director is missing the required training on understanding building and physical premises safety.”

Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2026.
Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

“The operation has goats, a rooster, and chickens on the premises. During the inspection, no documentation of health statements from a veterinarian was provided.”

Rule 746.3903(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 20, 2026.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

“The directors have not been documenting their attendance, and records were unavailable during the inspection.”

Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2026.

Mar 5, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

“CCR reviewed a child s admission form and observed that it was missing a statement regarding the child’s special care needs. Correction: CCR reviewed the standards with the director and emphasized the importance of having parents document any special care needs or treatments for their child. Additionally, the child is no longer enrolled.”

Rule 746.605(12). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2026.

Jan 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2026.

Oct 13, 2025: report to the state4 deficiencies

Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

“It was determined that a caregiver had used the handwashing sink located near the diaper-changing table in the infant’s room to clean a child’s wound after an injury. The infant’s caregiver also used this sink to clean the infant’s bottle and wash their hands.”

Rule 746.2419(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2025.
Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids

“A caregiver failed to wash their hands with soap and water after cleaning a child’s blood from an injury.”

Rule 746.3415(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2025.
Caregivers Must Wear Gloves When Handling Blood or Bodily Fluids

“Video footage reveals caregivers not wearing gloves while handling blood after a child’s injury.”

Rule 746.3425(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2025.
Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

“Video footage obtained during the investigation shows stationary equipment located less than six feet away from the fence on the toddlers playground.”

Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 18, 2025.

Sep 30, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“On the toddler playground, CCR observed an unsecured utility box that protects the ground utility lines. The box was not secured to the ground. The operation attempted to use a crawl-through tunnel to cover the utility box, but because of the tunnel s openings, it does not prevent children from accessing the underground utility lines.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

Jan 17, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2025.

Sep 30, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

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

“A child was left alone in the restroom while caregiver attended to other children in the classroom area, the restroom used was not in the classroom but next door to the classroom”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2024.
Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

“A one month old infant was sleeping in a car seat. Corrected: When caregiver took the infant out of the car seat.”

Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2024.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“A caregiver had 16 children, in the breakfast room, specified age group was 3 years old. The caregiver was one over required ratio. Corrected: When a caregiver arrived and took a group of children with her to a classroom next door.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024.
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

“A caregiver had 16 children in her group ages from 1 month old child and the oldest was 5 years old. The oldest child was older than 18 months from the yongest child in care.”

Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2024.

26 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“The outdoor play area was not covered with at least 6 inches of mulch.”

Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 7, 2023.

Dec 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“There were six children, ages 9 months to 23 months with one caregiver. The specified age group was 12-17 months old. With this specified age group, one caregiver can care for five children. This was corrected at inspection when the oldest child was moved to another classroom.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2022.

Nov 14, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

“A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being re-cited. The required electronic child safety alarm has not been installed.”

Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Children’s Names and Ages

“A caregiver did not know the ages of the children she was responsible for.”

Rule 746.1203(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.
Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training

“A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being re-cited. The caregiver is lacking 8 clock hours of pre-service training.”

Rule 746.1301(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2022.
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

“A 9 month old infant was in a classroom with a 3 year old child. Infants can’t be combined with children that are more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group. This was corrected at inspection.”

Rule 746.1605. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

“The television was being watched by children during breakfast time.”

Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.

Oct 12, 2022: inspection18 deficiencies

Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

“The emergency preparedness plan is lacking the following information: 1. How children under 2 and with limited mobility will be evacuated. 2. How children will be cared for during the emergency. 3. How children will be reunited with their parents.”

Rule 746.501(a)(24). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.
Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

“One van was not equipped with a First Aid Kit. This was corrected at inspection.”

Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022.
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

“Two vans used to transport children are not equipped with the required electronic child safety alarm.”

Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2022.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

“Of the 10 children’s records evaluated, one lacked authorization for emergency medical care.”

Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.
Required Immunizations

“Of the 10 children’s records evalujated, four are behind with required immunizations.”

Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2022.
Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

“A person that has been working as a caregiver does not have a high diploma or GED; therefore, they do not meet caregiver qualifications.”

Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.
Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training

“Of the 10 staff records evaluated, one caregiver did not complete the required 24 clock hours of required pre-service training.”

Rule 746.1301(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2022.
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation Training

“One van driver and one of the directors has not completed a transportation safety course.”

Rule 746.1301(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Medication Records - Date, Time and Amount Given

“The amount of medication given and the time was not documented on the medication log for several days in August 2022 and September 2022. This was corrected at inspection.”

Rule 746.3805(c)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“Of the 10 personnel records evaluated, caregivers did not receive 24 clock hours of training in the required topics. The caregivers will need to complete make-up training hours that will not count towards the current training year.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2022.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director did not receive 30 clock hours of training in all of the required topics for their respective training years. Make-up hours will need to be completed that will not count towards the current training year.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2022.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

“Children under the age of 2 were watching television. This was corrected at inspection.”

Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 14, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The parent handbook does not inform parents of the requirement for physicaal activity and outdoor activity.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable Diseases

“The parent handbook does not inform parents of the vaccination requirements for staff.”

Rule 746.501(a)(28). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.
Required Admission Information - School Information for School-age Child

“Of the 10 children’s records evaluated, two acked the name and address of the school the children attend.”

Rule 746.605(14). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification

“Of the 10 personnel records evaluated, two lacked photo identification.”

Rule 746.901(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

“Of the 10 staff records evaluated, one lacked a notarized affidavit,”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

“Of the 10 personnel records evaluated, one lacked a health statement from a health care professional.”

Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 1, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 7, 2022.

Nov 18, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

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

“During the follow up inspection, the fire inspection had expired on 11/11/21.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.

All 19 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Sep 29, 2026	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Mar 17, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 5, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jan 21, 2026	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Oct 13, 2025	Report to the state	4 deficiencies cited
Sep 30, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 17, 2025	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Oct 15, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 30, 2024	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Nov 7, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 27, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Oct 9, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 20, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 7, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Oct 12, 2022	Inspection	18 deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 17, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Nov 18, 2021	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 28, 2012.
Its permit has conditions.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 105 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.
4 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?

Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 17.

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Abc Children’s Learning Center This child care provider	17
Campus Kids@nitsch Elementary School Sap	2
Lil’ Angels Childcare & Learning Academy	32
America’s Choice Children’s Center	8
As We Grow Learning Center	18
As We Grow Learning Center #2	4
Dynna Haynes	9
Kozy Korner	19
Talents Child Care Center # 2	14
Thi Kimsa Vo	19
Joy Montessori	10
Inwood Daycare & Learning Center	35
Alexis Nicole Woodfork	7

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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