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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 2 cited deficiencies dated October 24, 2024 to January 16, 2025 (1 High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 1 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation (745.641) Cited January 16, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given). What the record describes: An employee cared for children without a required background check. The employee’s background check was inactive at the time of the inspection.
Medium risk · Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent (746.707) Cited October 24, 2024 (correction date recorded: January 10, 2025; correction verified January 8, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: A copy of an incident report was not shared with the parent or signed.
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.
This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.
Texas Health and Human Services records list 2 cited deficiencies for Patterson Head Start Center in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 High, 1 Medium).
Records list 4 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-01-12.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
1
Medium High
0
Medium
1
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.
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
An employee did not have required background check and was allowed to care for children. The employee's background check was inactive at the time of the inspection. This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation.
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-01-16. Correction verified: Not recorded.
An employee did not have required background check and was allowed to care for children. The employee's background check was inactive at the time of the inspection. This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation.
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-03-27. Correction verified: 2023-04-05.
One caregiver present and counted in ratio did not have a background check. Note: The caregiver left the operation and another caregiver was placed in the classroom for ratio.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-03-01. Correction verified: 2022-03-25.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=925855
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