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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 5 cited deficiencies dated December 20, 2023 to December 11, 2025 (5 High risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 5 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control (746.1201(1)) Cited December 11, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 6, 2026; correction verified January 15, 2026; technical assistance given); April 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 23, 2025; correction verified June 5, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Narratives describe a caregiver acting aggressively toward a child multiple times during mealtime and a plugged-in wax warmer being accessible to children in care.
High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety (746.1205(a)(5)) Cited April 23, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 23, 2025; correction verified June 5, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The caregiver did not provide enough supervision to intervene when a child could have been severely injured.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual (746.2805) Cited December 5, 2024 (correction date recorded: January 10, 2025; correction verified January 8, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A caregiver pushed a child as a form of punishment.
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 December 20, 2023 (correction date recorded: January 19, 2024; correction verified January 29, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A child was left outside without supervision for approximately 4 minutes.
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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Texas Health and Human Services records list 5 cited deficiencies for Employee Child Development Center at DLW in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (5 High).
Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-10-06.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
5
Medium High
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Medium
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Medium Low
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Low
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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.
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: 2024-01-19. Correction verified: 2024-01-29.
A child was left outside unsupervised for approximately 4 minutes.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1413340
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