Licensed child care center · public record
Central Texas Childrens Center
Temple, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
25 state inspections, last 2 years
54 deficiencies on the state’s summary
42 high or medium-high risk
August 13, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 27, 1987
- Capacity
- 105 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 59782
Where
2000 Marlandwood Rd
Temple, TX 76502
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 54.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(2) - AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization State’s note: “During the investigation, the operation was found in deficient with this Minimum Standard.” |
| May 4, 2026 | Medium | 746.2207(a) - Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two State’s note: “During inspection it was observed children in screen time.” |
| May 4, 2026 | High | 746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children State’s note: “During inspection it was observed children utilizing bingo dauber markers.” |
| April 15, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During the investigation, observed video footage where a caregiver used inappropriate discipline, when placing her right arm around a child's neck while in care.” |
| April 15, 2026 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “During the investigation found sufficient evidence that the operation did not report, an incident putting a child at risk.” |
| April 15, 2026 | High | 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 State’s note: “During the investigation, observed video footage showing caregivers not properly supervision during outdoor playtime.” |
| April 14, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation it was found that a caregiver grabbed a child?s arm and also got into the child?s face verbally in an inappropriate manner.” |
| April 14, 2026 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “The operation did not complete the incident form within 48 hours of a child who was placed at risk when the child was able to wonder away from the operation unsupervised.” |
| April 14, 2026 | High | 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 State’s note: “A caregiver did not supervise a child in care when the child was able to leave the operation and walk two buildings down and was found by a bystander.” |
| April 14, 2026 | High | 746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance State’s note: “The director was aware that a gate on the playground was not in working order but did not have the gate repaired. The director was aware of an incident where a child left the operation unsupervised and was also aware of an incident of inappropriate discipline and did not report either situation to child care regulation” |
| April 14, 2026 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation did not notify licensing when a child was able to leave the operation unsupervised and wonder away from the daycare.” |
| April 14, 2026 | Medium High | 746.4751(c) - Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired State’s note: “The operation director was aware of a broken gate latch but did not make sure the gate was locked so that children were not able to exit out of the broken gate.” |
| March 31, 2026 | High | 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 State’s note: “During the inspection the operation was not appropriately supervising when a caregiver was assisting children using the bathroom and another caregiver stepped out of the classroom leaving the other children in the classroom unattended. This was corrected at inspection when a qualified caregiver was able to assist in the classroom and then another caregi…” |
| February 24, 2026 | High | 746.1205(a)(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety State’s note: “Based on evidence from video footage, a caregiver did not intervene timely when a child was biting another child and received multiple bite marks.” |
| February 24, 2026 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(2) - AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization State’s note: “Based on the information received the incident was not reported to Child Care Regulation by the operation.” |
| October 29, 2025 | Medium | 746.801(8) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records State’s note: “The building grounds checklist had not been completed and there was no documentation showing when the last checklist was completed.” |
| October 29, 2025 | High | 746.613(a) - Required Immunizations State’s note: “Observed 8 children records and one child did not have an updated immunization record on file.” |
| October 29, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “Observed a broken toy with sharp edges outside on the playground and a broken toilet seat in one of the bathrooms. The broken toy was removed from the playground area.” |
| September 30, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for State’s note: “Observed 3 classrooms who did not know how many children they were caring for. One caregiver had to count the kids to know how many they had.. In another classroom two caregivers stated that they had 6 children but had 5 children. In a third classroom two caregivers did not know how many children they had. One caregiver stated that there were 6 k…” |
| August 26, 2025 | High | 746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers State’s note: “An infant was observed to be asleep in their crib with a bib around their neck. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the bib.” |
| July 25, 2025 | High | 746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual State’s note: “On camera I Observed a caregiver pick up a child and forcefully sit a child down on a teacher chair with the teacher.” |
| July 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1203(3)(D) - Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games State’s note: “Observed on live camera stream that 3 caregivers were on their phones during naptime while caring for children. This was corrected when licensing spoke with the caregivers observed on their phones and the phones were put away.” |
| July 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “Three classrooms had pealing drywall and had baseboards that were falling or missing. There was an outdoor playground that is not currently being used but is part of the capacity that had piles of items that were needing to be thrown away like old toys. There were also metal steaks that hold the border of the playground together that were sticking up and c…” |
| July 25, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety State’s note: “A video was observed showing one child biting another child. The caregivers were not able to intervene because they were on their phones.” |
| July 17, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1203(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children State’s note: “During the investigation, it was found that a caregiver handled a child roughly instead of interacting with the child in a positive manner.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- August 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 19, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 2, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 12, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 12, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- April 15, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 15, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 15, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 14, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- March 31, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- March 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Central Texas Childrens Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 25 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 13, 2026. 13 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Central Texas Childrens Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 54: 26 high-risk, 16 medium-high-risk, 11 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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