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Children's Lighthouse at Heritage

Fort Worth, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

15 state inspections, last 2 years
21 deficiencies on the state’s summary
15 high or medium-high risk
October 19, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued February 25, 2016
Capacity
291 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
No
Conditions on the permit
Yes
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
1582418

Where

4851 Shiver Rd
Fort Worth, TX 76244

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 11
  • Medium-high 4
  • Medium 5
  • Medium-low 1
  • Low 0

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.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
September 25, 2026Medium Low746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
State’s note: “Two of the ten staff files reviewed did not have a notarized Affidavit for Applicants for Employment (Form 2985) on file.”
October 2, 2026
August 10, 2026High746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation did not report to Child Care Regulation concerns that a caregiver grabbed a child's arm.”
September 11, 2026
August 10, 2026High746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. A caregiver grabbed a child by the back of the shirt and pulled them back.”
September 11, 2026
July 23, 2026Medium746.1615 - Child/Caregiver Ratio - Opening/Closing
State’s note: “At 7:23 am, during the walk-through of the operation, I observed 23 children in Room 5. There are 4 children who are 2 years old. The teacher confirmed the children's ages. The operation corrected this deficiency after I question the opening mix group ratio.”
At the inspection
July 13, 2026Medium High746.521(11) - Parent right to be free from retaliatory action
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation disenrolled the family because the parent filed a report with Child Care Regulation.”
September 1, 2026
July 13, 2026Medium746.521(2) - Parent right to file a complaint
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation disenrolled the family because the family filed a complaint.”
September 1, 2026
July 8, 2026Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “During the walkthrough, I observed that Room 7 children's bathroom (children aged from 2 to 4 years old) has cleaning supplies (Swiffer mop with cleaning solution) attached) in the children's bathroom.”
At the inspection
June 26, 2026High745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
State’s note: “A caregiver with provisional eligibility was observed to be caring for a group a children with no other qualified caregiver in the room with them. This was corrected during the inspection.”
At the inspection
May 13, 2026High746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The operation did not report a situation that may have placed a child at risk when they did not notify Child Care Regulation that concerns were expressed about a staff member hitting a child on their hand.”
June 11, 2026
May 13, 2026High745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
State’s note: “Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found to be in non-compliance with The Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. A caregiver who is provisionally eligible with conditions did not follow one of the listed conditions when they were left alone in charge of the care of a group of children.”
June 11, 2026
April 22, 2026High746.1205(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 failed to provide supervision, resulting in the child being in the bathroom for over an hour.”
May 18, 2026
March 5, 2026High746.1205(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 was observed to leave a class of children unsupervised for approximately 3-5 minutes.”
April 6, 2026
October 16, 2025Medium746.3809 - Medication No Longer Used
State’s note: “During the monitoring visit, the operation had three medications that were expired for children enrolled in the operation.”
October 31, 2025
December 31, 2024High746.5617(a)(6) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
State’s note: “All vans were missing complete first aid kits. This was corrected when the director added missing items to make each kit complete.”
At the inspection
July 26, 2024High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “The caregiver did not exercise good judgment to assist the child off of the cots.”
August 9, 2024
April 11, 2023High746.605(12) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
State’s note: “Three of the children's files that were reviewed did not have the emergency treatment completed and signed.”
April 14, 2023
April 11, 2023Medium746.901(8) - Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification
State’s note: “One of the staff files was missing a photo ID.”
April 14, 2023
April 11, 2023Medium746.901(2) - Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
State’s note: “One of the staff files was missing proof of education.”
April 14, 2023
June 1, 2022Medium High746.3301(i) - Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
State’s note: “There were at least three incidents where a child was served food he was allergic to. The first incident a child was given a snack that had an allergy warning because it was made with milk. The second incident occurred when the same child was given a cookie that contained milk and eggs. The child is allergic to both ingredients. Another child was given a muf…”
June 22, 2022
June 1, 2022High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “A caregiver did not demonstrate competency when she ignored a food allergy notification that is posted in the room. She was aware that the child is only supposed to eat food brought from home. She was seen on video giving the child a cookie that was bought by the facility. As a result the child had an allergic reaction and was taken to urgent care. There wer…”
June 22, 2022
September 29, 2021Medium High746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
State’s note: “The facility failed to report a positve case of COVID at the facility.”
At the inspection

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Children's Lighthouse at Heritage?

Texas HHSC's file lists 15 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 19, 2026. 11 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Children's Lighthouse at Heritage have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 21: 11 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 5 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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