2025-05-12 · 744.401(2) · Medium
Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.
The center did not have the most recent inspection form.
Correction date recorded: 2025-05-13
YMCA @ Eduardo Mata Elementary
Licensed Center
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Provider details
- City / County / ZIP
- Dallas / Dallas / 75214
- Street address
- 7420 La Vista Dr
- Phone
- (469) 902-9076
- Capacity
- 90
- Ages served
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours / Days
- 03:00 PM-06:00 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
- Permit type
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- April 20, 2015
- Operation status:
- Active
- Corrective action
- HHSC lists: No
- Adverse action
- HHSC lists: No
- Temporarily closed
- HHSC lists: No
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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 9 cited deficiencies dated September 16, 2024 to May 12, 2025 (3 High, 4 Medium High, 2 Medium risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 9 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
- High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling (744.2105(5))
Cited April 1, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 24, 2025; correction verified May 12, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Children were yelled at in attempts to correct their behavior. - High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene when necessary (744.1205(a)(5))
Cited April 1, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 24, 2025; correction verified May 12, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Video showed caregivers sitting down and not making themselves available to intervene when told that a child was continuing to bite another child on the playground. - High risk · Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control (744.1201(1))
Cited April 1, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 24, 2025; correction verified May 12, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver pretended to bite a child in an effort to manage the child's biting behavior. - Medium High risk · Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking. (744.1315(a))
Cited May 12, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 9, 2025; correction verified May 27, 2025).
What the record describes: Three staff members did not have current CPR and first aid certifications. - Medium High risk · Report Change in Director (744.303(4))
Cited May 12, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 12, 2025; correction verified May 15, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: CCR was not informed about the change in site director. - Medium High risk · Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date (744.2655(b)(1))
Cited September 16, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 24, 2024; correction verified September 23, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Medication supplied to the center for emergencies was not in its original packaging. - Medium High risk · Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent (744.2669)
Cited September 16, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 24, 2024; correction verified September 23, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: One child with diagnosed food allergies did not have an emergency plan signed by a health care professional. - Medium risk · Planned Activities for Children in Care (744.2001)
Cited May 12, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 12, 2025; correction verified May 27, 2025).
What the record describes: Children in the cafeteria were observed running, throwing toys, taking items from other children, and shouting. - Medium risk · Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation. (744.401(2))
Cited May 12, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 13, 2025; correction verified May 14, 2025).
What the record describes: The center did not have the most recent inspection form.
Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.
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Summary of the record
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Texas Health and Human Services records list 9 cited deficiencies for YMCA @ Eduardo Mata Elementary in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (3 High, 4 Medium High, 2 Medium).
Records list 5 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-09-04.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 3 |
| Medium High | 4 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Medium Low | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 |
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Recent citations in the summary window
2025-05-12 · 744.2001 · Medium
Planned Activities for Children in Care
During the annual inspection, it was observed that children exhibited disruptive behavior in the cafeteria. This behavior included running, throwing toys, taking items from other children, and shouting.
Correction date recorded: 2025-05-12
2025-05-12 · 744.1315(a) · Medium High
Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.
Three staff member did not have current certification in CPR and 1st aid.
Correction date recorded: 2025-06-09
Full citation history from HHSC (14)
2025-05-12 · 744.303(4) · Medium High
Report Change in Director
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-12. Correction verified: 2025-05-15.
CCR was not informed about the change in site director, who was appointed in April 2025
2025-05-12 · 744.1315(a) · Medium High
Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-09. Correction verified: 2025-05-27.
Three staff member did not have current certification in CPR and 1st aid.
2025-05-12 · 744.2001 · Medium
Planned Activities for Children in Care
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-12. Correction verified: 2025-05-27.
During the annual inspection, it was observed that children exhibited disruptive behavior in the cafeteria. This behavior included running, throwing toys, taking items from other children, and shouting.
2025-05-12 · 744.401(2) · Medium
Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-13. Correction verified: 2025-05-14.
The center did not have the most recent inspection form.
2025-04-01 · 744.1205(a)(5) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene when necessary
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-24. Correction verified: 2025-05-12.
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found to be deficient. Caregivers were observed on video sitting down and did not make themselves available to intervene when informed that a child was continuing to bite another child on the playground.
2025-04-01 · 744.1201(1) · High
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-24. Correction verified: 2025-05-12.
The standard was evaluated during an investigation and was determined to be deficient. The caregiver did not use good judgment in their methods of redirecting a child's behavior. In an effort to manage the child's biting behavior, the caregiver pretended to bite the child as part of their interaction.
2025-04-01 · 744.2105(5) · High
Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-24. Correction verified: 2025-05-12.
The standard was evaluated during an investigation and was determined to be deficient. Children are being yelled at attempts to correct their behavior.
2024-09-16 · 744.2655(b)(1) · Medium High
Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-09-24. Correction verified: 2024-09-23.
The medication supplied to the center for emergency purposes was not contained in its original packaging.
2024-09-16 · 744.2669 · Medium High
Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-09-24. Correction verified: 2024-09-23.
One child with diagnosed food allergies did not have an emergency plan signed by a health care professional
2023-09-18 · 744.605(16) · Medium High
Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-11-27. Correction verified: 2023-10-31.
At the time of the inspection, 3 children had food allergies and an emergency plan was not observed in their files.
2022-11-02 · 744.605(11) · Medium High
Required Admission Information-Physician Information
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-11-09. Correction verified: 2022-11-21.
One child's file did not have physician information or a medical facility address.
2022-03-08 · 744.2669 · Medium High
Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-03-22. Correction verified: 2022-03-08.
Four children with diagnosed food allergies did not have an emergency plan signed by a health care professional and parent.
2022-01-28 · 744.2669 · Medium High
Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-02-16. Correction verified: 2022-03-03.
Four children with diagnosed food allergies did not have an emergency plan signed by a health care professional and parent.
2021-11-09 · 744.2669 · Medium High
Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-01-04. Correction verified: 2022-01-28.
Four children with diagnosed food allergies did not have an emergency plan signed by a health care professional and parent.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1156284
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