DaycareList lists 432 child care operations in Dallas, including 343 licensed centers and 89 home-based operations. The inspection window runs from 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10. During that window, 288 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 55 had no citations recorded. Across all operation types, the records include 2,293 citations.
Child care records in Dallas ยท Search official HHSC records
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.
| Provider type | Providers |
|---|---|
| Licensed Centers | 343 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 41 |
| Listed Family Homes | 22 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 26 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 588 |
| Medium High | 997 |
| Medium | 628 |
| Medium Low | 61 |
| Low | 19 |
| Unknown | 0 |
| Standard | Title | Citations | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 746.1205 | Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity | 64 | 43 |
| 746.3401 | Annual Sanitation Inspection | 55 | 48 |
| 745.641 | AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation | 46 | 39 |
| 746.3819 | Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional | 44 | 38 |
| 746.1201 | Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control | 40 | 30 |
| 746.1315 | Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking. | 32 | 29 |
| 746.305 | Report Situation Placing Children at Risk | 30 | 25 |
| 746.5101 | Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months | 30 | 25 |
| 746.3407 | Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children | 28 | 27 |
| 746.603 | Children's Records - Immunizations | 27 | 22 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 75243 | 24 |
| 75216 | 22 |
| 75224 | 20 |
| 75228 | 20 |
| 75217 | 19 |
| 75227 | 17 |
| 75241 | 16 |
| 75238 | 15 |
| 75287 | 15 |
| 75206 | 13 |
This standard covers caregivers staying close enough to children to supervise them and remaining aware of their activities through sight or hearing. Citations describe caregivers leaving classrooms unattended and children being left without active supervision.
This standard covers an annual sanitation inspection. Citations describe operations that did not have a current sanitation inspection or did not have one available for review during the visit.
This standard requires the operation to receive notification of background check results before allowing the person to be present. Citations describe caregivers providing care before the operation received notification of eligibility, a person present with a pending background check, and caregivers without active background checks.
This standard covers food allergy emergency plans signed by parents and a health care professional. Citations describe missing parent signatures and plans with the required signatures that were not available for review.
This standard covers employee and caregiver competence, judgment, and self-control. Citations describe carrying an infant in a bouncer whose instructions specified floor use, releasing a child at the wrong school without verifying the child's identity and assigned school, and a caregiver's response to a child during toy cleanup.
This standard covers current pediatric first aid training for caregivers and the director, including rescue breathing and choking. Citations describe caregivers or a director without current first aid training and certificates that were not available for review.
This standard covers notifying Child Care Regulation about situations placing children at risk. Citations describe failures to notify the agency within the required timeframe, including after management learned of allegations of mistreatment or inappropriate discipline.
This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and an annual fire inspection afterward. Citations describe operations that did not have a current fire inspection or did not have one on file.
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.
Data as of October 10, 2026. Corrections and removal requests