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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 5 cited deficiencies dated November 14, 2024 to October 8, 2025 (3 High, 1 Medium High, 1 Medium Low risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 4 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you contract with someone who requires a background check (745.621(a)(3)) Cited October 8, 2025 (correction date recorded: October 8, 2025; correction verified October 9, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: An outside music vendor without an approved background check was counted in the child-to-caregiver ratio.
High risk · AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation (745.641) Cited January 14, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 15, 2025; correction verified January 15, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A person was present at the center with direct access to children without clearance from the Centralized Background Check Unit to be present.
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 November 14, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A child was left alone without caregiver supervision for at least 23 minutes on 11/12/2024.
Medium High risk · Report Change in Director (746.303(a)(4)) Cited October 8, 2025 (correction date recorded: October 8, 2025; correction verified October 9, 2025). What the record describes: The center changed directors on 10/3/25 and was required to notify Child Care Regulation within 5 days of the change.
Medium Low risk · Report Number of Employees (746.303(b)) Cited January 17, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 31, 2025; correction verified February 24, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A review of employee departure data from January 17, 2025, found that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by the required deadline of January 15, 2025.
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 5 cited deficiencies for Fonwood Head Start in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (3 High, 1 Medium High, 1 Medium Low).
Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-09-23.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
3
Medium High
1
Medium
0
Medium Low
1
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.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 17, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-31. Correction verified: 2025-02-24.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 17, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-15. Correction verified: 2025-01-15.
During the inspection it was observed that there was an individual present at the operation, with direct access to the children in care, without a clearance from CBCU that they were eligible to be present.
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: Yes. Correction date: 2024-11-18. Correction verified: Not recorded.
During the investigation it was found that a child was left alone without any caregivers supervising them for at least 23 minutes on 11/12/2024. This was cited. Supervision was observed during the inspection to meet compliance.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-01-30. Correction verified: 2023-01-30.
There were 4 staff records that did not have a current CPR/1st training.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1254087
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