Northwest YMCA Copper Creek Elementary

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Fort Worth / Tarrant / 76131
Street address: 8801 Copper Meadow Dr
Phone: (817) 335-9622
Capacity: 50
Ages served: Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 12:00 AM-12:00 AM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: February 11, 2022
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

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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 5 cited deficiencies dated May 7, 2025 to October 24, 2025 (2 High, 3 Medium High risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 5 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 (744.1205(a)(4))
Cited October 24, 2025 (correction date recorded: November 19, 2025; correction verified December 4, 2025; technical assistance given); May 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 7, 2025; correction verified May 16, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe a child left unattended on the playground and children left unsupervised in the cafeteria while a caregiver attended to parents outside the doorway. Caregivers were also unsure how many children they were supervising.
Medium High risk · Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent (744.707)
Cited October 24, 2025 (correction date recorded: November 19, 2025; correction verified December 4, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: An incident report was not shared with parents within 48 hours of the incident.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio (744.1601)
Cited May 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 7, 2025; correction verified May 16, 2025).
What the record describes: There were 44 children with 1 caregiver, exceeding the maximum ratio of 26 children per caregiver.
Medium High risk · Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary (744.2419)
Cited May 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 7, 2025; correction verified May 16, 2025).
What the record describes: A child prepared a snack for other children without washing their hands after touching cleaning supplies.

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 5 cited deficiencies for Northwest YMCA Copper Creek Elementary in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (2 High, 3 Medium High).

Records list 6 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-04-27.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	2
Medium High	3
Medium	0
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

2025-10-24 · 744.707 · Medium High

Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

An incident report was not shared with parents within 48 hours of the incident occurring.

Correction date recorded: 2025-11-19

2025-10-24 · 744.1205(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

A child was left on the playground unattended for 4 minutes.

Correction date recorded: 2025-11-19

2025-05-07 · 744.1601 · Medium High

Child/ Caregiver Ratio

There were 44 children present with 1 caregiver. Exceeding the max ratio of 26 children.

Correction date recorded: 2025-05-07

Full citation history from HHSC (15)

2025-10-24 · 744.1205(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: 2025-11-19. Correction verified: 2025-12-04.
A child was left on the playground unattended for 4 minutes.
2025-10-24 · 744.707 · Medium High
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-11-19. Correction verified: 2025-12-04.
An incident report was not shared with parents within 48 hours of the incident occurring.
2025-05-07 · 744.1205(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: 2025-05-07. Correction verified: 2025-05-16.
The children are left unsupervised in the cafeteria while caregiver attends to parents outside of threshold. Caregivers are also unsure of number of children they have in order to supervise.
2025-05-07 · 744.2419 · Medium High
Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-07. Correction verified: 2025-05-16.
A child was observed preparing snack for other children without washing hands after touching cleaning supplies.
2025-05-07 · 744.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-07. Correction verified: 2025-05-16.
There were 44 children present with 1 caregiver. Exceeding the max ratio of 26 children.
2023-08-17 · 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: 2023-08-17. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
The program did not have an Emergency Plan for a child with a food allergy.
2023-08-17 · 744.401(2) · Medium
Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-18. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
The last inspection form posted was from January,2022.
2023-08-17 · 744.405(a)(3) · Medium
Required posting of Emergency Telephone number-Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline (1-800-252-5400)
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-21. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
The document reviewed stated the abuse should be report to management and not the Abuse and Neglect line.
2023-08-17 · 744.1205(a)(1) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-17. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
A caregiver was not able to identify a child who has special needs.
2023-08-17 · 744.201(9) · Medium High
Complying with Laws and Rules
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-17. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
Program is not complying with rules and laws, several observations during the inspection did not comply with the minimum standard.
2023-08-17 · 744.401(6) · Medium
Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-18. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
Last menu posted was from May 2023.
2023-08-17 · 744.303(4) · Medium High
Report Change in Director
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-24. Correction verified: 2023-08-22.
The program did not report a change on site director.
2023-08-17 · 744.3559(4) · Medium
Documentation of Drills
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-08-21. Correction verified: 2023-08-30.
Emergency Practices were not documented.
2023-02-13 · 744.3113(b) · Medium
Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-02-14. Correction verified: 2023-02-15.
The last playground check was done three months ago.
2023-02-13 · 744.3559(1) · Medium High
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-02-15. Correction verified: 2023-02-15.
Last fire drill was practiced two months ago.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1384634

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.