Mother Theresa's Child Dev Center

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77073
Street address: 802 Rankin Rd Ste B3
Phone: (281) 982-5480
Capacity: 62
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:00 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: April 2, 2019
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

Corrective action means HHSC requires steps to address compliance concerns; see the official HHSC record for details.

Adverse action means HHSC has taken enforcement action affecting an operation’s permit or ability to operate; see the official HHSC record for details.

Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies

State records list 18 cited deficiencies dated August 5, 2024 to August 31, 2026 (9 High, 4 Medium High, 4 Medium, 1 Medium Low risk). Correction status: 4 corrected at inspection, 14 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

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 August 31, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 31, 2026; correction verified September 11, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A classroom of 8 toddlers was left napping without supervision.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out (746.2805(8))
Cited August 28, 2026 (correction date recorded: September 14, 2026; correction verified October 5, 2026; technical assistance given); July 31, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 31, 2025; correction verified August 11, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Caregivers placed children in highchairs to restrain them in response to their behavior.
High risk · AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation (745.641)
Cited August 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: September 10, 2026; correction verified September 10, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver was allowed to care for children without an active background check.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling (746.2805(5))
Cited August 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: September 10, 2026; correction verified September 11, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Children in care were yelled at as a form of discipline.
High risk · Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control (746.1201(1))
Cited July 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 21, 2026; correction verified August 4, 2026; technical assistance given); August 5, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver was observed changing a 2-year-old child's diaper in a classroom where other children were present. Children age 2 were also observed sleeping in high chairs during nap time.
High risk · AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter (745.635(2))
Cited July 31, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver was present and caring for children with an ineligible background check status. The operation had been notified of that status on 5/13/2025.
High risk · Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised (746.2401(7))
Cited September 9, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 9, 2024; correction verified September 12, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Children were observed in the infant room without a caregiver supervising them. The caregiver returned to the infant room from the toddler room.
Medium High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages (746.1205(a)(3))
Cited July 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 21, 2026; correction verified August 4, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver did not know a child's age during the inspection.
Medium High risk · Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets (746.2409(a)(2))
Cited July 31, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 31, 2025; correction verified August 11, 2025).
What the record describes: Sheets in the infant room's cribs were loose and did not fit snugly.
Medium High risk · Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits (746.2909(1))
Cited August 5, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Children were observed sleeping in positions that blocked the classroom's entrance and exit doors.
Medium High risk · Arrangement of Napping Equipment -Provides Sufficient Walking and Work Space (746.2909(3))
Cited August 5, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Children were napping on mats close together, with no walking space on either side. Caregivers could not walk between the cots.
Medium risk · Children's Records - Admission Information (746.603(a)(2))
Cited July 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 4, 2026; correction verified August 4, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: An infant's enrollment folder and several children's files were missing required documentation.
Medium risk · Required Personnel Records (746.901)
Cited July 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 4, 2026; correction verified August 4, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Caregivers' personnel folders were missing required documentation.
Medium risk · Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional (746.2421(a))
Cited July 21, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 4, 2026; correction verified August 4, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Feeding instructions for a child could not be observed during the inspection.
Medium risk · Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required (746.1309(a))
Cited July 31, 2025 (correction date recorded: August 21, 2025; correction verified September 19, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: One of the five caregiver files reviewed lacked documentation showing completion of the required 24 hours of annual training.
Medium Low risk · Report Number of Employees (746.303(b))
Cited January 21, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 24, 2025; correction verified January 22, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The center did not report the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by the required deadline of 1/15/25.

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 18 cited deficiencies for Mother Theresa's Child Dev Center in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (9 High, 4 Medium High, 4 Medium, 1 Medium Low).

Records list 13 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-10-05.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	9
Medium High	4
Medium	4
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.

Recent citations in the summary window

2026-08-31 · 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

Classroom with 8 toddlers was left napping unsupervised.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-31

2026-08-28 · 746.2805(8) · High

Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out

Based on information gathered during investigation it was determined caregivers uses highchairs to restrain children in to correct behavior.

Correction date recorded: 2026-09-14

2026-08-21 · 746.2805(5) · High

Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

Based on information provided, this standard is found to be deficient by yelling at children in care as a form of discipline.

Correction date recorded: 2026-09-10

Full citation history from HHSC (27)

2026-08-31 · 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: 2026-08-31. Correction verified: 2026-09-11.
Classroom with 8 toddlers was left napping unsupervised.
2026-08-28 · 746.2805(8) · High
Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-09-14. Correction verified: 2026-10-05.
Based on information gathered during investigation it was determined caregivers uses highchairs to restrain children in to correct behavior.
2026-08-21 · 745.641 · High
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-09-10. Correction verified: 2026-09-10.
Based on information gathered, this standard is found to be deficient. A caregiver was allowed to care for children without an active background check.
2026-08-21 · 746.2805(5) · High
Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-09-10. Correction verified: 2026-09-11.
Based on information provided, this standard is found to be deficient by yelling at children in care as a form of discipline.
2026-07-21 · 746.603(a)(2) · Medium
Children's Records - Admission Information
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-04. Correction verified: 2026-08-04.
A infant child in care enrollemnt folder and several children files were observed to be missing required docuementation.
2026-07-21 · 746.2421(a) · Medium
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-04. Correction verified: 2026-08-04.
Feeding instructions for 9month could not be oberved during inspection.
2026-07-21 · 746.901 · Medium
Required Personnel Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-04. Correction verified: 2026-08-04.
Caregivers folders was observed missing several required documentation.
2026-07-21 · 746.1205(a)(3) · Medium High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-21. Correction verified: 2026-08-04.
Caregiver did not know age of child in classroom during inspection.
2026-07-21 · 746.1201(1) · High
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-21. Correction verified: 2026-08-04.
A child of age 2yrs was observed getting diaper change in a classroom by a caregiver were other children were present.
2025-07-31 · 746.2409(a)(2) · Medium High
Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-31. Correction verified: 2025-08-11.
The sheets in the cribs in the infant were loose and not snug fit.
2025-07-31 · 745.635(2) · High
AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-07-31. Correction verified: Not recorded.
A caregiver was present and caring for children with an ineligible background check status. The operation was notified of the ineligible status on 5/13/2025.
2025-07-31 · 746.1309(a) · Medium
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-08-21. Correction verified: 2025-09-19.
One of the five caregivers files reviewed did not have documentation showing the required completed 24 hours of annual training.
2025-07-31 · 746.2805(8) · High
Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-31. Correction verified: 2025-08-11.
There were two children placed in a high chair as result of them actibt "bad".
2025-01-21 · 746.303(b) · Medium Low
Report Number of Employees
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-24. Correction verified: 2025-01-22.
The center did not report the number of employees that left employment in 2024 by the required date of 1/15/25.
2024-09-09 · 746.2401(7) · High
Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-09-09. Correction verified: 2024-09-12.
During the walk through in the Infant room 5 children ages 2-14months observed in the classroom without a caregiver supervising children in care. The caregiver came from the Toddler room back into the infant room.
2024-08-05 · 746.2909(1) · Medium High
Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-08-05. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Children were observed sleeping blocking the entrance and exit doors of the classroom. CI: Caregiver rearranged the children blocking the exit doors.
2024-08-05 · 746.2909(3) · Medium High
Arrangement of Napping Equipment -Provides Sufficient Walking and Work Space
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-08-05. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Children were observed napping on mats closely to each other with no walk space on either sides of their mats. Caregiver were unable to walk between cots. CI: Caregiver rearranged the children sleeping arrangement.
2024-08-05 · 746.1201(1) · High
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-08-05. Correction verified: Not recorded.
2 children observed ages 2yrs old sleeping in high chairs during nap time. CI: caregiver removed children and placed them on sleeping mates.
2023-08-30 · 746.1301(a)(5)(A) · Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-09-30. Correction verified: 2023-09-19.
Caregivers annual 24hr trainings could not be observed.
2023-08-30 · 746.901 · Medium
Required Personnel Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-09-13. Correction verified: 2023-09-19.
Caregivers folders were observed to be missing several documents and trainings.
2023-08-30 · 746.1315(a) · Medium High
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-09-13. Correction verified: 2023-09-18.
First aid licenses was observed exipred for 1 caregiver 3 other caregivers cpr/first aid licenses could not be observed.
2023-08-30 · 746.1315(b) · Medium High
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-09-13. Correction verified: 2023-09-18.
Caregivers cpr licenses was observed to be expired. 3 caregivers cpr licenses could not be observed.
2022-08-31 · 746.2415(a)(1) · Medium High
Prohibited Equipment for Infants - Baby Walkers
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2022-08-31. Correction verified: Not recorded.
4 baby walkers with wheels were observed with infants in them.
2022-08-31 · 746.603(a) · Medium
Children's Records Maintained
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-09-14. Correction verified: 2022-09-14.
4 of the 5 children records observed did not have a completely filled out admission form, immunizations and health statement information.
2022-08-31 · 746.901 · Medium
Required Personnel Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-09-14. Correction verified: 2022-09-14.
All four caregivers folders were observed to be missing several documents.
2021-10-07 · 746.1203(4) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2021-11-10. Correction verified: 2021-11-15.
Based on information obtained throughout the investigation, it was found that one operation staff may supervise two classrooms during pick-up time. It was found that one caregiver stands in the doorway to supervise 2 age groups.
2021-10-07 · 746.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2021-11-10. Correction verified: 2021-11-15.
Based on the attendance log from 09/28/2021-09/30/2021, a total of 6 infants were signed in, 0-12 months of age with one caregiver.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1314951

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.