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Licensed child care center · public record

The Children's Courtyard, Inc.

New Braunfels, 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
27 deficiencies on the state’s summary
21 high or medium-high risk
June 23, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued December 30, 2019
Capacity
229 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
No
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
1692438- 810

Where

241 Hunters Vlg
New Braunfels, TX 78132

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 9
  • Medium-high 12
  • Medium 6
  • Medium-low 0
  • 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 27.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
February 19, 2026High746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
State’s note: “Video footage shows a caregiver picking a child up from their nap mat, the caregiver then aggressively hands the child the mat causing the child to take a step back. The same video also shows the caregiver roughly pushing the child?s head up when she is attempting to talk to the child. At the end of the video, the caregiver roughly lays the child down on t…”
March 26, 2026
April 30, 2025Medium High746.1203(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
State’s note: “A two year old child tripped while holding a caregiver's hand. The caregiver brought the child to their chest by raising the child by up with one arm. Same caregiver was carrying two children, and they set the second child down releasing the child a minimal distance before the child was all the way to the ground. *The above instances were not discipline …”
May 27, 2025
March 5, 2025High746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
State’s note: “Based on the information gathered from interviews and video, a teacher was heard and seen on video using a yelling unpleasant type of tone and had an angry demeanor with the child that was left in the room unsupervised for 15 minutes.”
April 3, 2025
March 5, 2025Medium746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
State’s note: “The incident report was not updated with the additional information that was viewed from the video after the self-report was made, which makes it unknown if the parents were told about the additional information.”
April 3, 2025
March 5, 2025High746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
State’s note: “Based on the video, a caregiver grabbed a child by one arm and the child grabs the caregiver?s arm with the other hand and the child can be seen in the video being lifted off the ground as the caregiver is walking out of the classroom.”
April 3, 2025
March 5, 2025High746.1205(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: “The operation staff failed to ensure that all children were accounted for while transitioning the children out of the classroom to go into the gym at the end of the day, resulting in a child being left unattended in the classroom for approximately 15 minutes. The operation terminated the caregiver responsible for the incident.”
April 3, 2025
November 25, 2024Medium High746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
State’s note: “One out of ten children's records was missing a current immunization.”
November 25, 2024
December 28, 2023Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “Four out of ten feeding schedules had not been updated timely.”
December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023Medium745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
State’s note: “One employee was not inactivated after leaving the operation in September. This was corrected when the director validated the list again for the month.”
At the inspection
December 28, 2023Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “The safety straps in the highchairs located in the infant II room were observed to have an accumulation of food on them. This was corrected when a teacher came in the room to clean them. The shelf in the infant II room had an accumulation of dust with a few dirty toys. This was corrected when the shelf and toys were cleaned. A drawer in the 3-year-old ro…”
At the inspection
September 15, 2023Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “The infant II room was over ratio by one around 1:10pm. The room had 5 infants and the youngest was 9months old and the oldest was 12 months old with one teacher. This was corrected when the director removed an infant back to the infant I room.”
September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023High746.1205(a)(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
State’s note: “Based on the interviews and video, a 19month old child that was being transferred to another room ran ahead of the caregiver during transition time, which resulted in the child walking in between parents out one door that leads into the foyer and out the front door of the building while walking in between two different parents until the child?s parent saw hi…”
October 12, 2023
August 11, 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: “Caregivers at the operation failed to ensure that an item was inaccessible to a child after taking it away several times, resulting in the child retrieving it and placing it in their mouth, resulting in a choking incident.”
October 6, 2023
March 29, 2023Medium High746.1315(a) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
State’s note: “One out of five staff records that were reviewed for the HASA did not have a current pediatric CPR/First-aid card. The training expired on March 12, 2023. This was corrected when the director called to make an appointment.”
March 29, 2023
August 24, 2022Medium746.5205(4) - Documentation of Drills
State’s note: “There was documentation on the computer showing that a fire drill was conducted on August 9, 2022, but it did not show the start time of the drill or the length of the evacuation.”
August 24, 2022
August 24, 2022Medium High746.5307(b) - Fire Extinguishers Serviced
State’s note: “The three fire extinguishers located in the building were lasted serviced in July 2021.”
September 12, 2022
August 24, 2022Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “Two purses belonging to caregivers were observed to be accessible and within reach of children in 2 classrooms causing a potential safety hazard for children. This was CORRECTED when the purses were moved up higher out of the children's reach.”
At the inspection
April 18, 2022High746.2805(6) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
State’s note: “Based on the information gathered, a caregiver has been heard using a yelling tone with the children.”
May 27, 2022
April 6, 2022High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “A caregiver did not use good judgment when they did not notify a parent until the end of the day (around 5:30 pm) that their child was cranky, sneezing, crying, and had red eyes all day long. Furthermore, a caregiver used their arm instead of a thermometer to check if a child had a fever. Upon pick up the child was warm to the touch and had a febri…”
May 12, 2022
December 13, 2021Medium High746.3805(c)(4) - Medication Records - Name of Employee Who Administered
State’s note: “When reviewing a child's administer medication form, the employee who administers the medication's full name was missing on the form.”
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021Medium High746.3805(c)(3) - Medication Records - Date, Time and Amount Given
State’s note: “When reviewing a child's administer medication form the date, time, and amount given was missing when on the child's form.”
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021Medium746.611(b) - Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
State’s note: “Two out of the ten children's records did not have the available information required for the Health Statement.”
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021High746.2426 - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
State’s note: “One infant was observed sleeping in a restrictive device. The child was removed from the restrictive device and placed in a crib to sleep.”
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021Medium High746.1309(d) - Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
State’s note: “Four caregivers who work with infants were missing the annual training records for: recognizing shaken baby, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and understanding early childhood development training.”
December 13, 2021
December 13, 2021Medium High746.1311(d) - Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
State’s note: “The director's file were observed to be missing the required training hours for: SIDS, shaken baby, abusive head trauma, and early brain development training records.”
December 13, 2021

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected The Children's Courtyard, Inc.?

Texas HHSC's file lists 11 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on June 23, 2026. 4 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does The Children's Courtyard, Inc. have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 27: 9 high-risk, 12 medium-high-risk, 6 medium-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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