Licensed child care center · public record
Fountain Plaza Child Incorporated
Austin, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
11 state inspections, last 2 years
15 deficiencies on the state’s summary
9 high or medium-high risk
November 2, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued February 23, 1992
- Capacity
- 105 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-03:30 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
- 409687- 1086
Where
825 E 53rd 1/2 St
Austin, TX 78751
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2026 | Medium | 746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation State’s note: “There is a violation of this standard, as non-positive methods of redirection and discipline were observed to handle challenging behaviors.” |
| December 11, 2025 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The operation has not maintained the annual fire inspection as required. The last fire inspection was conducted on 11/13/2024.” |
| December 11, 2025 | Medium | 746.3321(a)(3) - Toothbrushes - Stored Sanitary State’s note: “Children toothbrushes were touching each other during storage. Also, were accessible to children.” |
| September 24, 2025 | 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: “There is a violation to this standard, as a child was left unsupervised in the playground area for 3 minutes.” |
| August 19, 2025 | Medium High | 746.303(a)(4) - Report Change in Director State’s note: “Child Care Regulation was not notified of a change to the director position within the required 5 days.” |
| May 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “A door that did not latch into place when closed remained unrepaired and contributed to a supervision incident.” |
| May 20, 2025 | 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: “A child exited the property and entered the street unsupervised.” |
| February 22, 2024 | Medium | 746.605(11) - Required Admission Information - Physician Information State’s note: “Two children's files did not have the name, address, and telephone number of the child s physician or an emergency-care facility.” |
| February 22, 2024 | Medium High | 746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact State’s note: “Two children's admission paperwork did not include a name, address, and telephone number of another responsible individual (friend or relative) who should be contacted in an emergency when the parent cannot be reached.” |
| February 22, 2024 | High | HRC 42.0563 - Employment affidavit regarding inappropriate relationship with minor State’s note: “One caregiver hired after 9/1/23 did not have a Pre-Employment Affidavit.” |
| February 22, 2024 | Medium | 746.901(2) - Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements State’s note: “Two staff personnel records did not have documentation showing how the employee meets the minimum education requirements, specifically, a GED/High School diploma or transcript.” |
| February 22, 2024 | Medium High | 746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current State’s note: “Three children did not have current immunization records.” |
| February 22, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit State’s note: “One caregiver did not have a complete notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for Employment form.” |
| May 2, 2023 | Low | 746.1329(d) - Employee record: Signed and Dated Statement for Orientation/Pre-Service trainingby trainer and employee State’s note: “One employee was missing documentation showing orientation was completed.” |
| May 11, 2022 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “The operation permitted a person to be in direct care of the children before receiving an eligiblity letter. NOTE: The background check was submitted during the inspection and the caregiver was sent home.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- November 2, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 9, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 16, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 13, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- December 11, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 25, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 24, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- May 21, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 20, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 31, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 29, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Fountain Plaza Child Incorporated?
Texas HHSC's file lists 11 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on November 2, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Fountain Plaza Child Incorporated have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 15: 5 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 4 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk, 1 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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