Licensed child care center · public record
Crayons Day Care
El Paso, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
2 state inspections, last 2 years
16 deficiencies on the state’s summary
7 high or medium-high risk
September 8, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 15, 1996
- Capacity
- 85 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 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
- 513518
Where
4958 Hondo Pass Dr
El Paso, TX 79924
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2026 | High | 746.605(11) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization State’s note: “In review of children's records, two children did not have authorization for medical emergency care available for reivew.” |
| September 8, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “In review of records two transportation drivers did not have proof of transportation training available for review.” |
| January 21, 2025 | Medium Low | 746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees State’s note: “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 Report with a run date of 01/17/2025 indicates that the operation did not report the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by the required date of 1/15/2025.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium | 746.501(a)(23) - Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website State’s note: “Operational Policies did not contain contact information for the HHS website. This was corrected at inspection when the director updated the policy handbook with the HHS website.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium | 746.801(18) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Product Certification State’s note: “Operation did not have a current children's product certifcation form 2885 completed and available for review. This was corrected at inspection when the director reviewed the children's product certification web site and completed form 2885 provided by inspector.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “Operation has two children with food allergies who do not have allergy emergency plans available for review.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium | 746.603(a) - Children's Records Maintained State’s note: “Operation did not have one child's record available for review.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5307(b) - Fire Extinguishers Serviced State’s note: “Company van has a fire extinguisher in the transportation vehicle that needs servicing. The last service date is 07/2023.” |
| December 7, 2023 | Medium | 746.4003(a)(8) - First Aid Kit Incomplete - Tweezers State’s note: “First Aid kits in toddler and infant rooms were missing tweezers. This was corrected at inspection when director added tweezers to both first aide kits.” |
| December 7, 2023 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “Operation had a caregiver present and working in the toddler room without a clear background check.” |
| December 7, 2023 | Medium | 746.5205(4) - Documentation of Drills State’s note: “Operation did not have documentation showing a lock down drill was conducted in the month of November 2023.” |
| December 16, 2022 | Medium Low | 746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit State’s note: “Two employee files were missing a notarized affidavit.” |
| December 16, 2022 | Medium | 746.2209 - Posting of Activity Plan State’s note: “The operation did not have activity plans posted.” |
| December 16, 2022 | Medium High | 746.5103 - Documentation of Fire Inspection State’s note: “The operation did not have current documentation of fire drills. This was corrected at inspection when a fire drill was conducted and the children were able to exit withing three minutes.” |
| December 16, 2022 | Medium High | 746.3701(9) - Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over State’s note: “A flat screen TV in the school-age room was not securely mounted. This was corrected at inspection when the TV was removed from the room and placed into the director's office to be securely mounted later.” |
| December 16, 2022 | Medium | 746.2409(a)(10) - Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant State’s note: “Cribs in the infant room were not labeled. This was corrected at inspection when the cribs were labled with children's names.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 8, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 2, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 21, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- November 1, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 3, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 7, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 16, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 27, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Crayons Day Care?
Texas HHSC's file lists 2 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 8, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Crayons Day Care have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 16: 2 high-risk, 5 medium-high-risk, 7 medium-risk, 2 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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