There are 117 child care operations in Cypress, including 73 licensed centers and 44 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, state records show 629 citations across all operation types. During that window, 51 licensed centers had citations and 22 licensed centers had no citations.
Provider totals and citation counts include all providers, including providers omitted from listings for personal-name privacy or suppression requests.
Citations dated October 10, 2023 to October 10, 2026.
Go to the Texas HHSC public child care search page (link below).
Search for the daycare by name or location to find its listing.
Open the operation details page and the inspection and compliance history page. DaycareList provider pages link to both pages.
Read the citations listed for the operation, noting the risk weight assigned to each standard and whether the citation was corrected at the inspection.
Read the narrative in each citation record to see what the inspector found.
Compare the dates of inspections and citations over the years covered by the state records.
Ask the provider questions about specific citations you read in the record.
Report errors on a DaycareList page through the corrections page. DaycareList data is refreshed from the state through the Texas Open Data Portal; the state's own record is authoritative.
Reading records
deficiency (citation)
A finding that a minimum standard was not met during an inspection, investigation, or assessment.
risk levels
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight of High, Medium High, Medium, Medium Low, or Low.
corrected at inspection
A citation record may show whether the deficiency was fixed at the time of the inspection.
correction date
The date shown on a citation record for when the correction was made.
correction verified
A citation record may show a date the correction was verified.
technical assistance
A citation record may show whether technical assistance was given.
inspection vs investigation vs assessment
Records published by the state include inspections, investigations, and assessments, along with the deficiencies cited during them.
three-year window
The period DaycareList uses when counting citations in its provider summaries. The state online records cover about the last five years.
minimum standards
The rules operations must follow. For centers they are in Texas Administrative Code Title 26, Chapter 746; for licensed and registered homes, Chapter 747. The governing statute is Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42.
This standard covers caregivers staying close enough to children to see or hear their activities and keep track of them. Inspector notes describe children left unattended in a classroom, alone in a hallway, or outside a playground fence while their group remained inside.
This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and annually afterward. Inspector notes describe annual fire inspections that had not been completed.
This standard covers caregivers knowing how many children they are responsible for. Inspector notes describe caregivers giving incorrect counts or counting fewer children than were present during a check matching names to faces.
This standard covers employees and caregivers demonstrating competence and self-control in their work with children. Inspector notes describe a caregiver grabbing a child's arm while trying to lift the child and a director using inappropriate discipline during an altercation between children.
This standard covers the prohibition on grabbing and pulling children as punishment. Inspector notes describe adults grabbing children by their arms to move them from a play area or force them onto a nap mat.
This standard covers medication that is no longer used. Inspector notes describe expired medication, including EpiPens, that had not been disposed of or returned to parents.
This standard covers receiving notification of background check results before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Inspector notes describe caregivers or a household member caring for children without an active or eligible background check, and staff present without documentation of eligibility notification.
This guide's text was drafted automatically, checked against the state records by a second automated reviewer, and spot-checked by hand; all counts are computed directly from the state data. It may contain errors. The official state record is authoritative. Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers.