Mockingbird Centers

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Austin / Travis / 78745
Street address: 4422 Gillis St
Phone: (512) 539-9100
Capacity: 46
Ages served: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 08:00 AM-05:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: August 12, 2024
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 6 cited deficiencies dated July 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (2 High, 1 Medium High, 3 Medium risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 5 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk (746.307(b)(4))
Cited October 30, 2025 (correction date recorded: November 5, 2025; correction verified December 5, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not immediately notify a parent about a non-routine situation that placed a child at risk of harm.
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 October 30, 2025 (correction date recorded: November 5, 2025; correction verified December 2, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver left a child unattended on the playground for around 5 minutes during operating hours.
Medium High risk · CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based (746.1315(b)(1))
Cited June 30, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 11, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver obtained CPR training through an online course.
Medium risk · Children's Products- Annual Certification (746.4135(b))
Cited July 30, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation had not completed an annual written certification covering review of each CPSC recall notice and the safety of products in the center.
Medium risk · Director Annual Training - Additional required topics (746.1311(e))
Cited July 30, 2025 (correction date recorded: August 13, 2025; correction verified July 31, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The director was missing some required annual training topics related to health and safety for the last completed training year.
Medium risk · Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services (746.501(a)(30))
Cited July 30, 2025 (correction date recorded: August 6, 2025; correction verified July 31, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not have a policy describing procedures for supporting inclusive services for children with special care needs.

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 6 cited deficiencies for Mockingbird Centers in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (2 High, 1 Medium High, 3 Medium).

Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-06-30.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	2
Medium High	1
Medium	3
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

2026-06-30 · 746.1315(b)(1) · Medium High

CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

One caregiver's CPR training was obtained through an online course.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-07

2025-10-30 · 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

The investigation found that the caregiver left a child unattended on the playground for around 5 minutes during operation hours.

Correction date recorded: 2025-11-05

2025-10-30 · 746.307(b)(4) · High

Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

The operation failed to immediately notify a parent of a non-routine situation, that placed the child at risk of harm.

Correction date recorded: 2025-11-05

Full citation history from HHSC (6)

2026-06-30 · 746.1315(b)(1) · Medium High
CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-11.
One caregiver's CPR training was obtained through an online course.
2025-10-30 · 746.307(b)(4) · High
Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-11-05. Correction verified: 2025-12-05.
The operation failed to immediately notify a parent of a non-routine situation, that placed the child at risk of harm.
2025-10-30 · 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: 2025-11-05. Correction verified: 2025-12-02.
The investigation found that the caregiver left a child unattended on the playground for around 5 minutes during operation hours.
2025-07-30 · 746.4135(b) · Medium
Children's Products- Annual Certification
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-07-30. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The operation did not annually certify in writing that they have reviewed each of the recall notices issued by the CPSC and that there are no unsafe products in the center. This was corrected at inspection when the director updated and certified the product safety recall form.
2025-07-30 · 746.1311(e) · Medium
Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-08-13. Correction verified: 2025-07-31.
For his last completed training year, the director was missing some of the annual required training topics related to health and safety.
2025-07-30 · 746.501(a)(30) · Medium
Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-08-06. Correction verified: 2025-07-31.
The operation did not have a policy about procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1469718

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.