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First Baptist Church CDC

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

12 state inspections, last 2 years
50 deficiencies on the state’s summary
45 high or medium-high risk
November 5, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued February 4, 1999
Capacity
227 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 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
538322

Where

217 W Cass St
Gilmer, TX 75644

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 23
  • Medium-high 22
  • Medium 4
  • 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. Showing the newest 25 of 50.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
February 24, 2026Medium High746.1203(4) - Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A teacher left a child alone in a classroom unsupervised for a minute and half.”
March 9, 2026
April 14, 2025Medium High746.1203(4) - Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation left a child in the classroom unsupervised for ten minutes. The caregivers failed to follow the daily protocol when transitioning from the classroom to the playground and did not count the number of children when leaving the room.”
May 5, 2025
April 14, 2025Medium746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation failed to share the incident report with the parent within the required 48 hours.”
May 5, 2025
September 17, 2024High746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
State’s note: “This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.”
October 21, 2024
September 17, 2024High746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. There is evidence of a caregiver grabbing a child's arm multiple times and pulling that child across the classroom as a form of discipline.”
October 21, 2024
August 6, 2024High746.2426(a)(1) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. An infant was found sleeping in a device that is restricted to use for sleeping purposes.”
August 29, 2024
August 6, 2024Medium High746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. Three buckets seats in the infant classroom were occupied by 3 infants that did not have safety straps fastened or did not have a safety strap present. Four straps were missing in the bucket seats.”
August 29, 2024
February 1, 2024Medium High746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver did not have prior experience working in childcare and did not have the 8 pre-service training hours that is required before supervising a group of children.”
February 28, 2024
February 1, 2024High746.2409(c) - Safety Requirements for Cribs - Infant Not in Crib with Drop Gate Down
State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver stepped away from a crib before putting the gate up and an infant fell out of the crib.”
February 28, 2024
August 24, 2023High746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
State’s note: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver admitted to pulling the child's arm when she took the child by the hand while removing the child from an argument with another child.”
September 11, 2023
July 10, 2023Medium High746.3317(6) - Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
State’s note: “Children were observed eating snack directly off of the table during inspection.”
July 10, 2023
March 23, 2023High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregivers did not demonstrate competency when the operations protocols were not followed when the children were in transition from the playground to the gym.”
March 27, 2023
March 23, 2023Medium High746.1203(4) - Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
State’s note: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child wandered away from the class line and went into a vacant room unsupervised.”
March 27, 2023
March 7, 2023Medium High746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
State’s note: “It was observed during inspection that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child. It was also observed on video that a caregiver did not wash hands after multiple diaper changes of children.”
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023Medium High746.3505(e) - Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
State’s note: “During inspection it was observed that a caregiver did not sanitize a changing table after a diaper change.”
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023High746.2426(a)(2) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
State’s note: “During inspection an infant was observed to be asleep in a swing for 5 minutes. The caregivers were observed on video looking at the infant asleep after 3 minutes. The infant was removed and placed in bed after the inspector asked the child to be moved.”
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023Medium Low746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
State’s note: “During inspection staff files were reviewed and one fille was missing the signed affidavit.”
March 21, 2023
March 7, 2023Medium High746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
State’s note: “Staff files were reviewed and found that one staff had the on line only version of CPR certification.”
March 21, 2023
March 7, 2023High746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
State’s note: “During the course of an investigation, it was viewed on video footage that a child was grabbed by the arm and taken to the bean bag for time out by a caregiver.”
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023Medium High746.3505(b) - Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant's Hands
State’s note: “During inspection it was observed that a child's hands were not washed after a diaper change.”
March 7, 2023
March 3, 2023High746.1205(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: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child was found in the hallway alone unsupervised and found by a parent.”
March 24, 2023
February 16, 2023High746.1203(4) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
State’s note: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child got out of a gate on the playground that was not properly latched and was picked up in the parking lot by a caregiver. A group of children were left unsupervised in a classroom when the caregiver left work for the day and did not leave them with anoth…”
March 3, 2023
August 24, 2022Medium High746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
State’s note: “Allergy Alert plans were reviewed for the HASA and two plans were not complete for two children with diagnosed food allergies.”
August 31, 2022
July 12, 2022High746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
State’s note: “During inspection there was a sanitizing spray within reach of the children in a classroom. This was corrected at inspection.”
July 12, 2022
July 6, 2022Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver stepped out of the room leaving one caregiver in charge of 14 two year old children. During this time a child was injured.”
July 15, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected First Baptist Church CDC?

Texas HHSC's file lists 12 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on November 5, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does First Baptist Church CDC have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 50: 23 high-risk, 22 medium-high-risk, 4 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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