The state records include 193 child care operations in Spring, including 148 licensed centers and 45 home-based operations. From 2023-10-10 through 2026-10-10, the records show 1,214 citations across all operation types. During that period, 116 licensed centers had at least one citation, and 32 licensed centers had no citations recorded. Each citation’s rule number and inspector narrative help explain the requirement and what the inspector documented.
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Provider totals and citation counts include all providers, including providers omitted from listings for personal-name privacy or suppression requests.
Citations dated October 10, 2023 to October 10, 2026.
| Provider type | Providers |
|---|---|
| Licensed Centers | 148 |
| Licensed Child-Care Homes | 18 |
| Listed Family Homes | 11 |
| Registered Child-Care Homes | 16 |
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 268 |
| Medium High | 477 |
| Medium | 390 |
| Medium Low | 64 |
| Low | 15 |
| Unknown | 0 |
| Standard | Title | Citations | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 746.1205 | Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity | 44 | 29 |
| 746.3407 | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment | 20 | 19 |
| 746.1201 | Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control | 19 | 17 |
| 746.5101 | Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months | 19 | 18 |
| 745.641 | AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation | 18 | 17 |
| 746.2421 | Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days | 17 | 15 |
| 746.3401 | Annual Sanitation Inspection | 15 | 15 |
| 746.1205 | Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for | 14 | 11 |
| 746.3819 | Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional | 12 | 11 |
| 746.1309 | Documented Annual Training- Required Content | 11 | 9 |
| ZIP | Providers |
|---|---|
| 77379 | 48 |
| 77373 | 41 |
| 77386 | 34 |
| 77388 | 28 |
| 77389 | 18 |
| 77380 | 11 |
| 77381 | 8 |
| 77382 | 5 |
This standard covers caregivers staying close enough to children to see or hear their activities and maintain supervision. Recent citations in Spring describe children left unattended in classrooms, including during a transition.
This standard covers maintaining buildings, grounds, and equipment. Recent citations in Spring describe vehicle doors that would not open, peeling or sunken playground surfacing, and mold in a classroom.
This standard covers employee and caregiver competence, judgment, and self-control. Recent citations in Spring describe an altercation between caregivers, a prank involving a false medical concern about a child, and holding a child down on a changing table to administer medication.
This standard covers a fire inspection before the initial permit is issued and an annual fire inspection afterward. Recent citations in Spring describe inspections that had not been completed or documentation of a current inspection that could not be provided.
This standard covers receiving notification of background check results before allowing a person to be present at the operation. Recent citations in Spring describe staff in classrooms with children while background checks were pending, inactive, or not submitted.
This standard covers reviewing and updating written feeding instructions for infants every thirty days. Recent citations in Spring describe feeding instructions that had not been reviewed or updated and instructions that were unavailable for review.
This standard covers an annual sanitation inspection. Recent citations in Spring describe operations whose annual inspection had not been completed for the current year.
This standard covers caregivers knowing how many children they are responsible for. Recent citations in Spring describe staff who did not know their group’s child count during transitions or after children exited a vehicle.
This guide's text was drafted automatically, checked against the state records by a second automated reviewer, and spot-checked by hand; all counts are computed directly from the state data. It may contain errors. The official state record is authoritative. Records reflect only deficiencies published by the state after due process. This page does not rate or rank providers.
Data as of October 10, 2026. Corrections and removal requests