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Birnham Woods Elementary YMCA
Licensed school-age program
31150 Birnham Woods Dr
Spring, TX 77386
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The deeper story, beautifully organized. Available records, historical context, and questions worth asking.
- Provider Category
- Childcare
- Location
- Spring, TX
- Record Period
- 2022–2026
- Source Documents
- 13
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The Essentials
Summary
Across 12 licensing visits from June 2022 to September 2026, HHSC cited 13 deficiencies at Birnham Woods Elementary YMCA; 13 have a recorded correction.
- Visits
- 12
- 2022–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments
- Deficiencies
- 13
- Standards cited by HHSC inspectors
- Corrected
- 13
- Of 13 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date
- Investigations
- 1
- 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 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the Record Shows
- 13 of 13 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.
- 1 visit in this window included an investigation. HHSC publishes what an investigation cited, not what the report to it alleged.
- The latest inspection, September 22, 2026, recorded no deficiencies.
Report at a Glance
- Facility
- Birnham Woods Elementary YMCA
- Address
- 31150 Birnham Woods Dr, Spring, TX 77386
- Operation Number
- TX-1038706
- License Type
- Licensed school-age program
- Licensed Capacity
- 70 children
- Permit
- Full Permit
- Ages Served
- school age
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 3 p.m.–6:30 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
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081642
- 2025
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081641
- 2025
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 744.303(4)Report Change in DirectorMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 10, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081640
- 2024
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081639
- 2023
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081638
- 2023
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 744.1205(a)(4)Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activityHigh riskCorrected Nov 17, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081637
- 2023
Inspection
3 deficiencies
- 744.1601Child/ Caregiver RatioMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 3, 2023
- 744.1205(a)(4)Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activityHigh riskCorrected Nov 2, 2023
- 744.1309(a)(2)Documented Annual Training-15 Hours Required Site DirectorMedium riskCorrected Dec 4, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081636
- 2023
Inspection
3 deficiencies
- 744.1309(a)(2)Documented Annual Training-15 Hours Required Site DirectorMedium riskCorrected Oct 27, 2023
- 745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operationHigh riskCorrected Oct 18, 2023
- 744.1601Child/ Caregiver RatioMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 20, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081635
- 2022
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 744.603(a)Children's Records MaintainedMedium riskCorrected Oct 25, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081634
- 2022
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 744.1203(4)Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of ChildrenHigh riskCorrected Jul 21, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081633
- 2022
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operationHigh riskCorrected Jul 8, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905081632
- 2022
Investigation
2 deficiencies
- 744.307(b)(4)Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at RiskMedium-high riskCorrected Jul 18, 2022
- 744.1203(4)Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of ChildrenHigh riskCorrected Jul 18, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905213026
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
Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 744.1203(4) in June 2022 and July 2022. The agency describes it this way: Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children. The most serious of these was recorded at high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222222222323232324252526744.1203(4) across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 2
Citation 744.1205(a)(4), Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 744.1205(a)(4) in November 2023 and November 2023. The agency describes it this way: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity. The most serious of these was recorded at high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222222222323232324252526744.1205(a)(4) across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 3
Documented Annual Training-15 Hours Required Site Director, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 744.1309(a)(2) in October 2023 and November 2023. The agency describes it this way: Documented Annual Training-15 Hours Required Site Director. None rose above medium risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222222222323232324252526744.1309(a)(2) across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 4
Child/ Caregiver Ratio, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 744.1601 in October 2023 and November 2023. The agency describes it this way: Child/ Caregiver Ratio. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222222222323232324252526744.1601 across all 12 visits, oldest to newest - 5
Citation 745.641, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 745.641 in July 2022 and October 2023. The agency describes it this way: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation. The most serious of these was recorded at high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222222222323232324252526745.641 across all 12 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 744.1203(4) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children: cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.
- 02
What changed after 744.1205(a)(4) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Citation 744.1205(a)(4): cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.
- 03
What changed after 744.1309(a)(2) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Documented Annual Training-15 Hours Required Site Director: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium risk.
- 04
What changed after 744.1601 was cited, and how do you check it now?
Child/ Caregiver Ratio: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.
- 05
What changed after 745.641 was cited, and how do you check it now?
Citation 745.641: cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.
- 06
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.
- 07
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 · 1038706
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 · 905213026
Visit Jun 24, 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 · 905081632
Visit Jul 8, 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 · 905081633
Visit Jul 21, 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 · 905081634
Visit Oct 18, 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 · 905081635
Visit Oct 18, 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 · 905081636
Visit Nov 1, 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 · 905081637
Visit Nov 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 · 905081638
Visit Dec 5, 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 · 905081639
Visit Oct 3, 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 · 905081640
Visit Sep 26, 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 · 905081641
Visit Oct 24, 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 · 905081642
Visit Sep 22, 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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