The local data list 103 child care operations in Garland, including 59 licensed centers and 44 home-based operations. The home-based total includes licensed child care homes, registered child care homes, and listed family homes. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, state records show 163 citations across all operation types. During that window, 36 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 23 licensed centers had no citations recorded.
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 caregiver supervision, including staying close enough to children and remaining aware of their activities through sight or hearing. Recent citations in Garland describe children left alone in classrooms and a child who left the playground without the responsible caregiver knowing.
This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and an annual fire inspection afterward. Recent citations in Garland describe current fire inspection reports or records that were unavailable for review.
This standard covers reporting situations that place children at risk to Child Care Regulation. Recent citations in Garland describe incidents that were not reported, including a child dropped off at the wrong elementary school.
This standard covers an annual sanitation inspection. Recent citations in Garland describe missing sanitation inspections or current health inspection reports that were unavailable for review.
This standard covers keeping personnel and training records and making them available for review. Recent citations in Garland describe missing transportation training and staff records lacking maltreatment training and required training content.
This standard covers receiving background check notification before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Recent citations in Garland describe a person having contact with children, a household member being present, and a caregiver caring for children before the required notification or determination was received.
This standard covers annual training requirements for employees, caregivers, and directors. Recent citations in Garland describe a caregiver with no training hours or no training hours available for review.
This standard covers annual training requirements for employees, caregivers, and directors. Recent citations in Garland describe a caregiver with no training hours and a director with no training hours available for review.
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.