New Braunfels has 70 child care operations, including 38 licensed centers and 32 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, state records show 352 citations across all operation types. During that window, 33 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 5 had no citations. The standard numbers and inspector narratives describe the requirements cited and what inspectors documented.
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.
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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 supervision, including staying near children and keeping track of their activities through sight or sound. Citations in New Braunfels records describe children left alone on a playground, in a hallway, or in a classroom.
This standard covers maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment. Citations in New Braunfels records describe cracked or broken toys, peeling paint, holes in walls accessible to children, and dirty toys.
This standard covers labeling bottles and cups used for infant feeding. Citations in New Braunfels records describe bottles labeled incorrectly and caregivers correcting the labels during inspections.
This standard covers medication that is no longer used. Citations in New Braunfels records describe expired medication that was discarded or set aside to return to parents.
This standard covers updating the background check list when someone is no longer associated with the operation. Citations in New Braunfels records describe former employees who remained active on that list after leaving.
This standard covers documented annual training for caregivers of infants and younger children. Citations in New Braunfels records describe required training that had not been completed or training documentation that was unavailable for review.
This standard covers prohibited punishment practices, including humiliating, rejecting, or yelling at children. Citations in New Braunfels records describe teachers yelling at children and a teacher calling a child a bully.
This standard covers incident or illness report forms shared with parents. Citations in New Braunfels records describe incident reports that were not completed or used, including incidents where parents were notified by phone.
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.