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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 6 cited deficiencies dated July 1, 2024 to August 11, 2025 (4 High, 1 Medium High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 6 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for (746.1205(a)(2)) Cited July 26, 2024 (correction date recorded: August 23, 2024; correction verified September 6, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for when moving a group of toddlers from the classroom to the playground.
High risk · Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity (746.1205(a)(4)) Cited July 26, 2024 (correction date recorded: August 23, 2024; correction verified September 6, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A toddler was left alone in the hallway for about 5 minutes after the rest of the group and caregivers went outside to the playground.
High risk · Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk (746.307(b)(4)) Cited July 1, 2024 (correction date recorded: July 30, 2024; correction verified August 12, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A child told a caregiver that another caregiver had pulled their arm. The operation found evidence that the incident occurred, but the child's parent was not immediately notified.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling (746.2805(3)) Cited July 1, 2024 (correction date recorded: July 30, 2024; correction verified August 12, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A caregiver grabbed a toddler by the arm and pulled them to try to redirect the child.
Medium High risk · Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment (746.3407) Cited August 11, 2025 (correction date recorded: August 25, 2025; correction verified August 18, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Playground structures were dirty and had caked-on dirt. The infant playground had a spider web at ground level that children could reach.
Medium risk · Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement (746.611(a)(3)) Cited August 11, 2025 (correction date recorded: August 18, 2025; correction verified August 18, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Two out of four children's records reviewed were missing the doctor's name and address in the health statement.
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.
This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.
Texas Health and Human Services records list 6 cited deficiencies for AVANCE-EHS Early Education Center @ Fenley in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (4 High, 1 Medium High, 1 Medium).
Records list 8 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-11.
HHSC risk weights of citations
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HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
The playground structures were observed to be dirty and had caked on dirt. The infant playground had a spider web at ground level that was accessable to the children.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for when they transitioned a group of toddlers from the classroom to the playground.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-08-25. Correction verified: 2025-08-18.
The playground structures were observed to be dirty and had caked on dirt. The infant playground had a spider web at ground level that was accessable to the children.
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: 2024-08-23. Correction verified: 2024-09-06.
Based on the evidence gathered, supervision was not appropriate when a toddler was left alone in the hallway for about 5 minutes, after the rest of their group and caregivers transitioned outside to the playground.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-08-23. Correction verified: 2024-09-06.
Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for when they transitioned a group of toddlers from the classroom to the playground.
Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-07-30. Correction verified: 2024-08-12.
Based on the evidence gathered, a child made an outcry to a caregiver that another caregiver pulled their arm. Evidence was found by operation that this incident did occur however the parent of the child was not immediately notified.
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: 2023-09-15. Correction verified: 2023-09-25.
Based upon information gathered, surveillance and interviews conducted supervision was determined to have occurred when a child was left in the hallway unsupervised.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-09-16. Correction verified: 2022-09-26.
A 19 month old child was observed inside a storage closet in a classroom after a caregiver accidently closed the closet door not knowing the child had gone inside it.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1250225
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