GETCAP Head Start and Early Start at Trinity

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Texas Health and Human Services records list 7 cited deficiencies for GETCAP Head Start and Early Start at Trinity in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (7 High).

Records list 6 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-04-22.

HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.

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Full citation history from HHSC (7)

• 2024-11-12 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High

  Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-11-15. Correction verified: 2024-11-15.

  It was found that a child was left alone in a classroom for approximately 10 minutes without supervision.

• 2024-11-12 · 746.1205(a)(2) · High

  Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-11-15. Correction verified: 2024-11-15.

  It was found that a child was left in a classroom alone when the caregivers did not do a head count or scan the room to make sure every child exited the room.

• 2024-05-22 · 746.5101(a) · High

  Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-22. Correction verified: 2024-06-25.

  The most recent fire inspection was conducted on 3/20/2023. The director has scheduled a new inspection to be completed by the fire marshal by the compliance date.

• 2024-04-03 · 746.1201(1) · High

  Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-10. Correction verified: 2024-05-14.

  Rather than calming herself and removing herself from the situation upon admittedly becoming overwhelmed, a caregiver persisted in her aggression, leading to the maltreatment/abuse of two children in care. Another caregiver exhibited poor judgment when she failed to intervene appropriately (e.g., by failing to alert other operation staff or verbally confronting her coworker for her abusive behaviors in the moment) during a disciplinary issue at the facility.

• 2024-04-03 · 746.1205(a)(5) · High

  Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-10. Correction verified: 2024-05-14.

  A caregiver failed to intervene to prevent a child from hitting her head on concrete during a disciplinary incident at the facility. The caregiver failed to separate the children and prevent them from hitting each other. Another caregiver failed to appropriately intervene in response to the escalating aggression which led to the abuse of two children in care.

• 2024-04-03 · 746.1201(4) · High

  AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-10. Correction verified: 2024-05-14.

  DFPS staff determined there was reason to believe that a caregiver physically abused two children in care during a disciplinary incident at the facility.

• 2024-04-03 · 746.2805 · High

  Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

  Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-10. Correction verified: 2024-05-14.

  A caregiver repeatedly hit a child in the face (e.g., 5 times) with his own hand along with requiring him to face the outside wall, and the caregiver wrapped the child?s arm around his own neck as well. The caregiver inappropriately picked another child up by her arm, shoulders and her hair to get her to sit against a wall outside. The caregiver threw a shoe at a child, and the caregiver put the child?s shoe in the garbage can as well.