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Westside Community DCC

Big Spring, 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
14 deficiencies on the state’s summary
12 high or medium-high risk
December 15, 2025 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued February 5, 1987
Capacity
85 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:30 AM-05:00 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
No
Conditions on the permit
Yes
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
114556

Where

2300 Simler Big Spring Ind Par Bldg 449
Big Spring, TX 79720

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 5
  • Medium-high 7
  • Medium 1
  • 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.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
January 23, 2025High746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
State’s note: “Four children did not have a current record of immunizations. Two children did not have any record and two children were missing the 4th and 3rd set of immunizations for Dtap, Hib, Hep A, and PCV.”
February 7, 2025
January 23, 2025Medium Low746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
State’s note: “Two new employees hired after September 2023 do not have a preemployment affidavit in their file.”
January 24, 2025
June 10, 2024High746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
State’s note: “Two children do not have current immunizations. A 16 month old has a reocord of only the first immunizations. A 12 month old infant only has a record of one immunization.”
June 21, 2024
June 10, 2024High746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
State’s note: “Two caregivers did not know how many children were in the room. One care giver stated she had six children but did not know how many children total in the napping room. Another caregiver stated there were six children in her care but seven were counted.”
June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “A 3-month old infant not yet on table food does not have current writen feeding instructions signed by the parent. The last update was april22, 2024.”
June 11, 2024
June 10, 2024Medium High746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
State’s note: “Loose-fill gravel on the pre-k playground, around slide fall zones and ends of slides is less than one inch deep. the highest slide is five feet. The smaler slide is three feet high.”
June 21, 2024
June 10, 2024High746.1205(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 caregiver allowed the group of seven 18m - 24m children to walk without supervision from the napping room to their classroom. Another two or three year old walked from the napping room to the pre-k three room without supervision. A caregiver left the group of seven school age children alone in the classroom to put away a tray in the kitchen.”
June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024Medium High746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
State’s note: “A caregiver left alone with children, hired August 18, 2021, and without two years caregiver experience did not have 24 hours preservice training, 24 hours annual training for the 1rst year 2021 - 2022, nor 24 hours annual training for the second year 2022 - 2023.”
June 28, 2024
June 10, 2024High746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
State’s note: “An infant under two months, able to roll self, was sleeping in the crib face down with a bib around the neck.”
June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024Medium High746.4805(d) - Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap
State’s note: “Two slide exit use zones overlap on the pre-k playground, posing a risk of injury to children.”
June 21, 2024
June 10, 2024Medium High746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection
State’s note: “The health inspection is past due as of March 2024.”
June 14, 2024
September 19, 2023Medium High746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
State’s note: “A caregiver left alone with children did not have current certification in CPR/first aid. Expired 8/19/23.”
September 29, 2023
September 19, 2023Medium High746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
State’s note: “Two children in care did not have current record of immunizations. They are missing their 12m - 18 month immunizations. One child did not have a record of immunizations.”
September 26, 2023
September 19, 2023Medium High746.1309(d) - Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
State’s note: “One caregiver and the director did not have current training in SIDS, Shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development. One expired June 2023 and the other on May 2023.”
September 20, 2023

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Westside Community DCC?

Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on December 15, 2025. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Westside Community DCC have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 14: 5 high-risk, 7 medium-high-risk, 1 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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