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ABC Word Academy
Licensed child care center
7350 W T C Jester Blvd
Houston, TX 77088
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- Provider Category
- Childcare
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Record Period
- 2022–2026
- Source Documents
- 17
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The Essentials
Summary
Across 16 licensing visits from September 2022 to July 2026, HHSC cited 36 deficiencies at ABC Word Academy; 36 have a recorded correction.
- Visits
- 16
- 2022–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments
- Deficiencies
- 36
- Standards cited by HHSC inspectors
- Corrected
- 36
- Of 36 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date
- Investigations
- 2
- Licensing investigations, whatever prompted them
Deficiencies by Year
- Deficiencies
- Of which, high risk
* Partial year, through October 31, 2026.
| Year | Visits | Deficiencies | Of which, high risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
What the Record Shows
- 36 of 36 deficiencies have a recorded correction date.
- HHSC’s files name no enforcement action in this window. They say whether a program is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
- 2 visits in this window included an investigation. HHSC publishes what an investigation cited, not what the report to it alleged.
- The latest inspection, July 21, 2026, recorded 7 deficiencies (most serious: Medium-high risk).
Report at a Glance
- Facility
- ABC Word Academy
- Address
- 7350 W T C Jester Blvd, Houston, TX 77088
- Operation Number
- TX-549942
- License Type
- Licensed child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 104 children
- Permit
- Full Permit
- Ages Served
- infants, toddlers, pre-kindergarten, school age
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Record Window
- November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2026
Chronology
Inspection History
Every visit in the record window, newest first. A deficiency is a licensing standard Texas inspectors found was not met. HHSC publishes what an investigation cited, not what the report to it alleged.
- 2026
Inspection
7 deficiencies
- 746.3401(c)(1)Annual Sanitation Inspection - Inspection not available, you must obtain documentation stating inspection not availableMedium-high riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
- 745.651(2)(A)Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current listMedium riskCorrected Jul 28, 2026
- 746.1309(e)Documented Annual Training- Required ContentMedium riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
- 746.4135(b)Children's Products- Annual CertificationMedium riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
- 746.3407(9)Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and CleanMedium-high riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
- 746.1315(a)Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.Medium-high riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
- 746.801(6)Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability InsuranceMedium riskCorrected Aug 4, 2026
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056976
- 2025
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 746.5202(1)Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down proceduresMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 29, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056975
- 2025
Inspection
2 deficiencies
- 746.3407Maintenance of Building, Grounds and EquipmentMedium-high riskCorrected Aug 4, 2025
- 746.801(11)Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level CareMedium-high riskCorrected Sep 23, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056974
- 2025
Inspection
7 deficiencies
- 746.4505Storage for Individual BelongingsMedium riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.5207(a)(3)Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated LocationMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.3407(12)Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to ChildrenHigh riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.2605(3)Furnishings and Equipment for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Enough Available to Prevent CompetitionMedium riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.401(5)Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care centerMedium riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.3407Maintenance of Building, Grounds and EquipmentMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
- 746.2703(1)Space Requirements for School-age - Interest CentersMedium riskCorrected Jun 30, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056973
- 2025
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056972
- 2025
Investigation
1 deficiency
- 746.707Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with ParentMedium riskCorrected Jun 2, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905201705
- 2025
Assessment
1 deficiency
- 746.303(b)Report Number of EmployeesMedium-low riskCorrected Jan 22, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905250517
- 2024
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056971
- 2023
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operationHigh riskCorrected Nov 7, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056970
- 2023
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 746.501(a)(28)Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable DiseasesMedium riskCorrected Oct 10, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056969
- 2023
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056968
- 2023
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056967
- 2023
Investigation
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905201704
- 2022
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056966
- 2022
Assessment
1 deficiency
- 746.603(a)(6)Children's Records - Vision and Hearing ScreeningLow riskCorrected Nov 11, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905250516
- 2022
Inspection
14 deficiencies
- 746.605(11)Required Admission Information - Physician InformationMedium riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.4907(d)Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth MaintainedMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 30, 2022
- 746.1301(3)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathingMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.1301(4)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and directors - Pediatric CPRMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.1311(e)Director Annual Training - Additional required topicsMedium riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.605(6)Required Admission Information - Emergency ContactMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.801(12)Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection ReportMedium riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.4135(b)Children's Products- Annual CertificationMedium riskCorrected Sep 30, 2022
- 746.501(a)(24)Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness PlansHigh riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.603(a)(6)Children's Records - Vision and Hearing ScreeningLow riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.5207(a)(4)Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location InsideMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.4701(c)Requirements for Swings - Not Attached to a Composite StructureMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 30, 2022
- 746.1309(f)Documented Annual Training - Remaining training hour topicsMedium riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
- 746.1301(1)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - OrientationMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 24, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905056965
Texas gives every licensing standard one of five risk levels, from low to high, by how likely a deficiency is to harm a child.
Context
Patterns Worth Examining
A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.
- 1
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 746.3407 in June 2025 and August 2025. The agency describes it this way: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
22222223232323232425252525252526746.3407 across all 16 visits, oldest to newest - 2
Children's Products- Annual Certification, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 746.4135(b) in September 2022 and July 2026. The agency describes it this way: Children's Products- Annual Certification. None rose above medium risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
22222223232323232425252525252526746.4135(b) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest - 3
Children's Records - Vision and Hearing Screening, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 746.603(a)(6) in September 2022 and October 2022. The agency describes it this way: Children's Records - Vision and Hearing Screening. None rose above low risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
22222223232323232425252525252526746.603(a)(6) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
For Your Next Visit
Questions to Ask on Your Visit
Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.
- 01
What changed after 746.3407 was cited, and how do you check it now?
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.
- 02
What changed after 746.4135(b) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Children's Products- Annual Certification: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium risk.
- 03
What changed after 746.603(a)(6) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Children's Records - Vision and Hearing Screening: cited in two visits, none above low risk.
- 04
What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?
Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.
- 05
Has the center ever been under corrective or adverse action, and what changed afterward?
HHSC’s files name no enforcement action in this window. They say whether a program is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
The Evidence
Sources and Coverage
Program details, licensing visits and the deficiencies cited at each are published by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Child Care Regulation in its daily files on data.texas.gov.
- Child Care Licensing operations (data.texas.gov)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 549942
Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056965
Visit Sep 23, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905250516
Visit Oct 28, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056966
Visit Dec 7, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905201704
Visit Jul 24, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056967
Visit Jul 25, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056968
Visit Aug 17, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056969
Visit Sep 12, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056970
Visit Nov 7, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056971
Visit Aug 28, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905250517
Visit Jan 17, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905201705
Visit Apr 10, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056972
Visit Apr 15, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056973
Visit Jun 16, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056974
Visit Aug 4, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056975
Visit Oct 15, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905056976
Visit Jul 21, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
Coverage
Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – October 31, 2026
- This record is HHSC's list of operations as of October 2026, with the inspections, investigations and assessments in HHSC's files, which run from November 2021.
- Listed family homes (one caregiver with up to three unrelated children, listed with HHSC but not inspected on a schedule) are not in this record.
- HHSC's narrative for each deficiency is left out because it can name children, parents and staff; the rule cited, its risk level and the correction dates are kept.
What This Report Cannot Tell You
- Inspector narratives
- Published by HHSC but left out of this record because they can name people.
- Enforcement actions
- HHSC's files say whether an operation is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
- Complaints not investigated
- Reports HHSC screened out without an investigation are not published.
- Staff qualifications and turnover
- Not part of the published licensing record.
Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.
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