Licensed child care center · public record
Little Laughter's Childcare Center
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
10 deficiencies on the state’s summary
4 high or medium-high risk
October 28, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued July 20, 2016
- Capacity
- 64 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-07:00 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
- 1617119
Where
10209 Veterans Memorial Dr Ste 5
Houston, TX 77038
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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.2203(a) - Written Activity Plans State’s note: “The center does not have written activity plans for the infant and toddler age children.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “The kid safety alarm on the van is not working properly; it's not turning off when the button is pushed.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(b) - Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required State’s note: “Two caregivers recived 3 of the 6 required clock hours of training in child development, discuipline and guidnace, age-appropriate activities and teacher/child interaction.” |
| November 12, 2025 | High | 746.201(1) - Policies Comply with Rules State’s note: “The operational policies is lacking the following information: 1. The benefits of outdoor play, the duration of the indoor and outdoor physical activity, the type of indoor and outdoor physical activity, the setting, the criteria used when the weather prevents outdoor play and the plan for physical activity when outdoor play is limited. 2. Parents Rights …” |
| November 12, 2025 | Low | 746.1311(f)(2) - Director Annual Training - More than 5 years experience State’s note: “The director did not receive 3 hours of training in management techniques, leadership, or staff supervision for the February 2024-February 2025 training year.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “There were 9 children, ages 8-22 months, with one caregiver. The specified age group was 12-17 months. With this specified age group, one caregiver can care for 5 children.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Low | 746.611(a)(1) - Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care program State’s note: “Of the six children's evaluated, five lacked a health statement from the doctor.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(2) - Children's Records - Admission Information State’s note: “Of the six children's records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. Five lacked the required information regarding water activities. 2. Five lacked the required information regarding special needs.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium Low | 746.1309(g) - Documented Annual Training-Self-Instructional 80% State’s note: “Two caregivers will need to receive in-person training hours.” |
| December 1, 2021 | High | 745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation State’s note: “A caregiver in the pre-k classroom was present and caring for children prior to having a completed initiall background check. The caregiver left the operation.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 28, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Pending
- December 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 12, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 27, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 30, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 1, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 16, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 15, 2021 Report · deficiency found: No
- December 1, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Little Laughter's Childcare Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 28, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Little Laughter's Childcare Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 10: 2 high-risk, 2 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk, 2 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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