Creative Care - Blalock

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Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77080
Street address: 1639 Blalock Rd
Phone: (713) 465-0011
Capacity: 193
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:00 AM-06:00 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: October 6, 2026
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 11 cited deficiencies dated August 19, 2025 to August 5, 2026 (1 High, 8 Medium High, 1 Medium, 1 Medium Low risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 11 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle (746.5625(a))
Cited August 5, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 19, 2026; correction verified August 17, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A transportation van purchased after December 2013 did not have a child safety alarm.
Medium High risk · Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft. (746.4907(a)(2))
Cited August 5, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 19, 2026; correction verified August 17, 2026; technical assistance given); September 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 17, 2025; correction verified September 30, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Loose-fill surfacing at a slide in the older playground area measured less than 4 inches. Narratives also describe loose-fill depths of 3.5 inches around a slide 5ft 7in high and 7 inches around a play structure 5ft 9in high.
Medium High risk · Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less (746.4907(a)(1))
Cited August 5, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 19, 2026; correction verified August 17, 2026; technical assistance given); September 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 17, 2025; correction verified September 30, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Loose-fill surfacing in older playground swing areas measured less than 3 inches deep. Another narrative describes surfacing in the use zones of two swing sets measuring 3 inches deep.
Medium High risk · Safety - Areas Free From Hazards (746.3701)
Cited May 7, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 19, 2026; correction verified July 16, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A pushpin was accessible to a child in care.
Medium High risk · Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment (746.3407)
Cited September 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 17, 2025; correction verified September 30, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: There were two ant hills and high grass in the outdoor play area.
Medium High risk · Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean (746.3407(9))
Cited August 19, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 2, 2025; correction verified September 2, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Two sofas in the school-age room were torn.
Medium High risk · Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - No Overlap (746.4807(b))
Cited August 19, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 2, 2025; correction verified September 3, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The use zone of a back-and-forth swing set overlapped with a rocking horse.
Medium risk · Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days (746.2421(b))
Cited March 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: April 6, 2026; correction verified March 23, 2026).
What the record describes: Two infants who were not yet eating table food did not have updated feeding instructions signed by a parent or guardian.
Medium Low risk · Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912) (746.901(5))
Cited August 19, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 2, 2025; correction verified August 27, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Two employees did not have completed pre-affidavit forms on file.

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 11 cited deficiencies for Creative Care - Blalock in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 High, 8 Medium High, 1 Medium, 1 Medium Low).

Records list 6 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-05.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	1
Medium High	8
Medium	1
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

2026-08-05 · 746.5625(a) · High

Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

A transportation van purchased after 12.2013 was not equipped with a child safety alarm.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-19

2026-08-05 · 746.4907(a)(2) · Medium High

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.

The loose fill of the slide in the older playground area measured at less than 4 inches.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-19

2026-08-05 · 746.4907(a)(1) · Medium High

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

The loose fill in the swing areas of the older playground area measured at less than 3 inches deep.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-19

Full citation history from HHSC (11)

2026-08-05 · 746.4907(a)(1) · Medium High
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-19. Correction verified: 2026-08-17.
The loose fill in the swing areas of the older playground area measured at less than 3 inches deep.
2026-08-05 · 746.4907(a)(2) · Medium High
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-19. Correction verified: 2026-08-17.
The loose fill of the slide in the older playground area measured at less than 4 inches.
2026-08-05 · 746.5625(a) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-19. Correction verified: 2026-08-17.
A transportation van purchased after 12.2013 was not equipped with a child safety alarm.
2026-05-07 · 746.3701 · Medium High
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-19. Correction verified: 2026-07-16.
A pushpin was in an area that was accessible to a child in care at the operation.
2026-03-23 · 746.2421(b) · Medium
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-04-06. Correction verified: 2026-03-23.
Two infants that are not yet on table food did not have an updated feeding instruction signed by a parent/guardian.
2025-09-03 · 746.4907(a)(1) · Medium High
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-17. Correction verified: 2025-09-30.
The use zone of two swings sets have a depth of 3in.
2025-09-03 · 746.4907(a)(2) · Medium High
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-17. Correction verified: 2025-09-30.
The use zone of a slide with a height of 5ft 7in has a loose-fill surfacing depth of 3.5 inches. The use zone of a play structure with a height of 5ft 9in has a loose-fill surfacing depth of 7 inches.
2025-09-03 · 746.3407 · Medium High
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-17. Correction verified: 2025-09-30.
There are two ant hills and high grass in the outdoor play area.
2025-08-19 · 746.4807(b) · Medium High
Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - No Overlap
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-02. Correction verified: 2025-09-03.
The use zone of a to and fro swing set overlaps with a rocking horse.
2025-08-19 · 746.901(5) · Medium Low
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-02. Correction verified: 2025-08-27.
Two employees did not have the completed pre-affidavit form on file.
2025-08-19 · 746.3407(9) · Medium High
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-02. Correction verified: 2025-09-02.
Two of the sofas in the school age room have torn couches.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1508742

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.