Licensed child care center · public record
Cherished Dreams Daycare
Nocona, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
5 state inspections, last 2 years
11 deficiencies on the state’s summary
7 high or medium-high risk
May 11, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 2, 2007
- Capacity
- 51 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- Yes
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 869130
Where
105 Herring St
Nocona, TX 76255
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.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | High | 746.5617(a)(6) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit State’s note: “The first aid kit in the van was expired.” |
| May 11, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “Employee files were missing transportation safety training.” |
| June 10, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2419(7) - Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup State’s note: “During a follow-up inspection, three infants were found sleeping with bottles in their beds.” |
| May 27, 2025 | High | 746.2426(a)(1) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device State’s note: “During a monitoring inspection, an infant was found to be sleeping swaddled in a restrictive device.” |
| May 27, 2025 | High | 746.2428 - No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File State’s note: “During a monitoring inspection, an infant was found to be sleeping swaddled in a restrictive device.” |
| June 5, 2024 | Medium | 746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement State’s note: “During a children's records audit, a child's file was missing a health statement from a medical professional stating that they were healthy enough to attend daycare.” |
| July 18, 2023 | Medium | 746.2207(c)(4) - Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times State’s note: “During nap time, a school-age special needs child was found using an electronic tablet. The requirement for screen time to not be used during nap or rest times was discussed and this was corrected at inspection when the child began playing with a quiet activity instead.” |
| July 29, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1301(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - Pre-service Training State’s note: “A caregiver was found to have less than the required 24 hours of annual training for their previous training year.” |
| July 29, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “A classroom with six infants had only one caregiver for a time period until another caregiver came in to assist. Before I left two babies were picked up by their parent which brought the total to four infants from that point on.” |
| July 29, 2022 | Medium | 746.2417(1) - Activities for Infants - Outdoor Play Daily State’s note: “The infant class schedule did not include outdoor activity time. I questioned the caregiver and they confirmed that infants are not routinely taken outdoors.” |
| July 29, 2022 | Medium | 746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement State’s note: “Two children's records were found to be missing a health authorization from a medical professional.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- May 11, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 4, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 13, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 10, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 27, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 20, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 18, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- June 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 15, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 18, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 24, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 29, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Cherished Dreams Daycare?
Texas HHSC's file lists 5 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 11, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Cherished Dreams Daycare have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 11: 3 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 4 medium-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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