Licensed child care center · public record
Children's Lighthouse Mansfield
Mansfield, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
23 state inspections, last 2 years
45 deficiencies on the state’s summary
39 high or medium-high risk
September 2, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued June 1, 2021
- Capacity
- 225 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
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1715253
Where
1850 Cannon Dr
Mansfield, TX 76063
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 45.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3407(9) - Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean State’s note: “The walls and celiing in room 7 appeared to have some moisture residue causing damage to the ceilng tiles as well as mildew/fungus on the classrom boards. The room also had a strong smell of mildew.” |
| May 21, 2026 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient after caregivers were observed yelling at children in care.” |
| May 21, 2026 | High | 746.2805(6) - Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient after a caregiver was observed using profane language directed at a child in care.” |
| April 23, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “A caregiver was observed pulling a child up by one arm.” |
| February 20, 2026 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “It was determined that a caregiver exercised poor judgement by lifting a child by one arm when removing the child from the table, resulting in a nurse maid's elbow injury.” |
| December 16, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1311(d) - Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months State’s note: “The director will need to complete SIDS, shaken baby, early brain development training.” |
| December 16, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(5)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training State’s note: “One caregiver only had 8.25 clock hours of training for the previous training year available for review at the time of inspection.” |
| June 7, 2024 | Medium | 746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “It was determined that the operation did not complete an incident report when a child was placed at risk after being left unsupervised.” |
| June 7, 2024 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “It was determined that the operation failed to report to Child Care Regulation an incident that placed a child at risk.” |
| June 7, 2024 | 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: “It was determined that a child was left unsupervised for several minutes as the children were being transitioned back inside from the playground. The child was found in the hallway by another caregiver and returned to their class.” |
| June 7, 2024 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “It was determined that two caregivers failed to demonstrate competency and good judgement when they failed to follow the operation?s procedures for accounting for children during transitions. The two caregivers did not complete a proper name to face check of all children in their group upon returning to the classroom resulting in a child being left unsuperv…” |
| June 2, 2024 | High | 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver was found Reason to Believe for physical abuse of a child in care.” |
| June 2, 2024 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver did not demonstrate good judgement when the caregiver purposely tripped a child causing injury.” |
| May 22, 2024 | Medium High | 746.307(d) - Parental Notification of Communicable Disease State’s note: “The operation did not notify all parents of a communicable disease.” |
| May 22, 2024 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness State’s note: “The operation failed to notify CCR of two confirmed cases of a communicable disease.” |
| April 3, 2024 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver firmly grabbed a child by the arms forcing the child to sit in a chair which resulted in bruising along the child?s upper arm. The caregiver is no longer employed.” |
| April 3, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1203(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver did not interact with a child in a positive manner when the caregiver forcibly handled a child which resulted in the child being injured. The caregiver is no longer employed.” |
| December 12, 2023 | High | 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver was found Reason To Believe for physical abuse of a child in care.” |
| December 12, 2023 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a caregiver inappropriately grabbed a child by their upper arm causing injury to the child. The child sustained bruising on the upper section of their arm as a result of being grabbed. It was also determined that another caregiver grabbed and squeezed a child's face.” |
| December 12, 2023 | Medium High | 746.201(9) - Complying with Laws and Rules State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that the permit holder has not ensured the operation maintains compliance with the minimum standards. This is demonstrated by a repetition and pattern of deficiencies in inappropriate discipline.” |
| December 12, 2023 | High | 746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that the director has not ensured the child-care center?s daily operation is administered in compliance with minimum standards.” |
| December 6, 2023 | High | 746.1205(a)(1) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for State’s note: “It was determined that caregivers were not aware of the children they were responsible for when a 2-year-old child was able to walk into the restroom without the caregiver?s knowledge and the child was not able to get out. Neither of the 3 caregivers realized the child had gotten into the restroom and was not present with the group. One of the caregiver?s…” |
| August 28, 2023 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation failed to report to Child Care Regulation a situation that placed a child at risk.” |
| July 25, 2023 | Medium | 746.1003(2) - Director Responsibilities - Employees Comply with Standards State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient when it was determined that the director did not ensure new hire staff were properly trained on the positive physical interactions between staff and children and did not ensure that new hire staff had a full understanding of minimum standard compliance and licensing laws.” |
| July 25, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient when the caregiver picked up children by their arms and wrist to move from one place to another.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 2, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 24, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- June 8, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- May 21, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 27, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 23, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 22, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- March 23, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 24, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 20, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- February 19, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 22, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Children's Lighthouse Mansfield?
Texas HHSC's file lists 23 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 2, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Children's Lighthouse Mansfield have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 45: 27 high-risk, 12 medium-high-risk, 6 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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