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Childcare center · Big Spring, TX
Westside Community DCC
A licensed child care center in Big Spring, Texas, with its state inspection history from Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 2300 SIMLER BIG SPRING IND PAR BLDG 449, Big Spring, TX 79720
County: Howard County
Phone: (432) 263-7841
Licensed to serve: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Licensed capacity: 85 children
State ID (HHSC operation number): 114556
Permit: Full Permit, issued February 5, 1987
On corrective action (HHSC): No
On adverse action (HHSC): No
Conditions on permit: Yes (see the official record for details)
Corrective action and adverse action are formal steps Texas HHSC can take on a permit. The official record explains any that apply.
View the official record on Texas HHSC's child care search (or search operation number 114556 on the search page).
Inspection history
From November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026
- 6 inspections
- 1 investigation
- 11 citations from these visits (risk level: High 5, Medium High 4, Medium 1, Medium Low 1)
A citation means an inspector found a rule wasn't met at the time of the visit; many are corrected the same day. Read the official record for details.
Below is every visit in the state's files from October 7, 2022 to December 15, 2025, newest first: 9 visits and 14 citations in all, so the totals can be higher than the 3-year counts above. An investigation is a visit to look into a report or complaint; many find no citations. Risk level is the level Texas HHSC assigns to each rule, from low to high, as published. Technical assistance means the inspector gave guidance on the rule. The state's file does not say whether the "correct-by" date is a deadline or the day the problem was fixed, so it can fall after the verified date or in the future.
December 15, 2025 · Inspection · No citations
November 13, 2025 · Inspection · No citations
July 28, 2025 · Inspection · No citations
January 23, 2025 · Inspection · 2 citations
746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
Risk level: High · Correct-by date in the state file: February 7, 2025 · Correction verified: February 7, 2025 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Four children did not have a current record of immunizations. Two children did not have any record and two children were missing the 4th and 3rd set of immunizations for Dtap, Hib, Hep A, and PCV.
746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Risk level: Medium Low · Correct-by date in the state file: January 24, 2025 · Correction verified: February 7, 2025 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Two new employees hired after September 2023 do not have a preemployment affidavit in their file.
June 20, 2024 · Inspection · No citations
June 10, 2024 · Inspection · 9 citations
746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
Risk level: High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 21, 2024 · Correction verified: June 20, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Two children do not have current immunizations. A 16 month old has a reocord of only the first immunizations. A 12 month old infant only has a record of one immunization.
746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
Risk level: High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 10, 2024 · Correction verified: June 20, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
An infant under two months, able to roll self, was sleeping in the crib face down with a bib around the neck.
746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Risk level: High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 10, 2024 · Correction verified: June 20, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Two caregivers did not know how many children were in the room. One care giver stated she had six children but did not know how many children total in the napping room. Another caregiver stated there were six children in her care but seven were counted.
746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child's safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child's on going activity
Risk level: High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 10, 2024 · Correction verified: June 20, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
A caregiver allowed the group of seven 18m - 24m children to walk without supervision from the napping room to their classroom. Another two or three year old walked from the napping room to the pre-k three room without supervision. A caregiver left the group of seven school age children alone in the classroom to put away a tray in the kitchen.
746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 14, 2024 · Correction verified: July 1, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): No
Inspector's notes (as published)
The health inspection is past due as of March 2024.
746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 28, 2024 · Correction verified: July 1, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
A caregiver left alone with children, hired August 18, 2021, and without two years caregiver experience did not have 24 hours preservice training, 24 hours annual training for the 1rst year 2021 - 2022, nor 24 hours annual training for the second year 2022 - 2023.
746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 21, 2024 · Correction verified: July 1, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Loose-fill gravel on the pre-k playground, around slide fall zones and ends of slides is less than one inch deep. the highest slide is five feet. The smaler slide is three feet high.
746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Risk level: Medium · Correct-by date in the state file: June 11, 2024 · Correction verified: June 20, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
A 3-month old infant not yet on table food does not have current writen feeding instructions signed by the parent. The last update was april22, 2024.
746.4805(d) - Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: June 21, 2024 · Correction verified: July 1, 2024 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Two slide exit use zones overlap on the pre-k playground, posing a risk of injury to children.
May 30, 2024 · Investigation (the program reported it to the state) · No citations
September 19, 2023 · Inspection · 3 citations
746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: September 29, 2023 · Correction verified: September 29, 2023 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
A caregiver left alone with children did not have current certification in CPR/first aid. Expired 8/19/23.
746.1309(d) - Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: September 20, 2023 · Correction verified: September 29, 2023 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
One caregiver and the director did not have current training in SIDS, Shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development. One expired June 2023 and the other on May 2023.
746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Risk level: Medium High · Correct-by date in the state file: September 26, 2023 · Correction verified: September 29, 2023 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes
Inspector's notes (as published)
Two children in care did not have current record of immunizations. They are missing their 12m - 18 month immunizations. One child did not have a record of immunizations.
October 7, 2022 · Inspection · No citations
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Sources
- HHSC CCL Daycare and Residential Operations Data: program details.
- HHSC CCL Inspection Investigation Assessment Data: visit dates and types.
- HHSC CCL Non-Compliance Data: citations, risk levels, corrections and inspector's notes.
All three are published by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Licensing, on data.texas.gov under CC0 1.0. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published, except that we restore apostrophes the files print as "?". Program details last checked October 21, 2026.