Licensed child care center · public record
Guiding Hands Christian Childcare
Pottsboro, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
10 state inspections, last 2 years
8 deficiencies on the state’s summary
8 high or medium-high risk
September 28, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued April 3, 2024
- Capacity
- 96 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1785638
Where
206 E Fm 120
Pottsboro, TX 75076
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 22, 2026 | 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 was left unsupervised by a caregiver at the operation.” |
| February 6, 2026 | High | 746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment State’s note: “In the documentation completed as part of a DFPS investigation, it was found that a child in care had been bruised when a caregiver pinched him.” |
| February 6, 2026 | High | 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling State’s note: “In the documentation completed as part of a DFPS investigation, it was found that a child in care had been yelled at by a caregiver.” |
| February 6, 2026 | High | 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited State’s note: “In the DFPS Investigation, a caregiver was found to have physically abused a child in care at the operation.” |
| September 18, 2025 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and determined to be deficient. Through interviews with operation staff, it was determined that the operation failed to notify a parent when their child was involved in a non-routine situation.” |
| September 18, 2025 | High | 746.5617(a)(1) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and determined to be deficient. It was determined that a bus driver did not have a current bus list when transporting children.” |
| September 8, 2023 | Medium High | 746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection State’s note: “The operation did not have a passed health inspection. They have made the repairs required by the county health department and have scheduled the health inspector to come back to the operation.” |
| September 8, 2023 | Medium High | 746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less State’s note: “The surfacing material for the slides and climbing equipment was 4-5 inches in depth. The operation has ordered additional surfacing material which has not yet been shipped to the operation.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 28, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 19, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 22, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 15, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- March 17, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 6, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 22, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 15, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- October 15, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 22, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 18, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 15, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Guiding Hands Christian Childcare?
Texas HHSC's file lists 10 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 28, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Guiding Hands Christian Childcare have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 8: 6 high-risk, 2 medium-high-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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