Smart Start Child Care

Inspection history

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 February 1, 2022 to December 4, 2025, newest first: 9 visits and 5 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.

1. December 4, 2025 · Inspection · 1 citation

   • 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content

     Risk level: Medium · Correct-by date in the state file: December 18, 2025 · Correction verified: December 18, 2025 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): Yes

     Inspector's notes (as published)

     Four employee records being reviewed were missing several of the following required trainings from their previous annual training year: hazardous materials, building safety, allergic reactions, emergency preparedness, medication administration, and communicable diseases.

2. December 9, 2024 · Inspection · No citations

3. October 4, 2024 · Inspection · No citations

4. January 5, 2024 · Inspection · 1 citation

   • 746.5537(a)(1) - Electric or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Install new Battery in Each CO Detector Annually

     Risk level: Medium High · Corrected during the visit · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): No

     Inspector's notes (as published)

     Carbon monoxide detector was tested during the inspection, the detector was out of batteries. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the batteries were changed, carbon monoxide detector test worked after the change of batteries.

5. January 23, 2023 · Inspection · 1 citation

   • 746.901(3) - Required Personnel Records - TB Test

     Risk level: Low · Correct-by date in the state file: January 31, 2023 · Correction verified: February 2, 2023 · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): No

     Inspector's notes (as published)

     Out of the staff files reviewed, there was no verification of a TB test for any of the staff.

6. October 30, 2022 · Investigation · No citations

7. March 25, 2022 · Inspection · No citations

8. March 15, 2022 · Inspection · 2 citations

   • 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

     Risk level: Medium High · Corrected during the visit · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): No

     Inspector's notes (as published)

     Caregiver was observed supervising 5 infants with a specified age group of 0-11months old. Note: This was corrected during inspection as a second caregiver came into the classroom.

   • 746.2207(c)(1) - Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

     Risk level: Medium · Corrected during the visit · Inspector gave guidance (technical assistance): No

     Inspector's notes (as published)

     Children were observed using cellphones and tablets while TV was playing a movie. Note: This was corrected during inspection as TV was turned off, screens were removed and an activity was given to all children.

9. February 1, 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.