DaycareList lists 159 child care operations in Plano, including 106 licensed centers and 53 home-based operations. These operations are located across 7 ZIP codes, with most in Collin County. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, the records include 590 citations across all operation types. During that window, 79 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 27 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 active supervision, including staying physically close to children and knowing what they are doing through sight or hearing. Recent citations in Plano describe a caregiver sleeping during naptime, a child left unattended outside, and an injury that caregivers could not explain.
This standard covers employees’ and caregivers’ ability to carry out their duties and exercise judgment and self-control. Recent citations in Plano describe diapering that caused a wound, an infant falling from a bouncer during a transfer, and a child left on a playground after a caregiver did not match children’s names to their faces.
This standard covers receiving notification of background check results before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Recent citations in Plano describe caregivers present without an active background check or while a check was pending.
This standard covers including a statement about a child’s special care needs in admission information. Recent citations in Plano describe children’s enrollment files missing this information.
This standard covers current pediatric CPR training for each caregiver and the director. Recent citations in Plano describe caregivers without current CPR training or certificates documenting hands-on CPR training.
This standard covers the prohibition on grabbing and pulling children as punishment. Recent citations in Plano describe a caregiver grabbing a child’s chin to turn their face and staff pulling children to redirect their behavior.
This standard covers health statements in children’s records. Recent citations in Plano describe missing health statements, including files without a current statement from a doctor.
This standard covers reviewing and updating written feeding instructions every thirty days. Recent citations in Plano describe infant feeding instructions that had not been updated within that period.
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.