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Kings Kids Christian Day Care

Licensed child care center

4230 Highland Ave
Beaumont, TX 77705

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Oct 31, 2026
Report ID
VR-TX-815168-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Beaumont, TX
Record Period
2021–2026
Source Documents
11
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 10 licensing visits from December 2021 to October 2026, HHSC cited 32 deficiencies at Kings Kids Christian Day Care; 32 have a recorded correction.

Visits
10
2021–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments
Deficiencies
32
Standards cited by HHSC inspectors
Corrected
32
Of 32 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date
Investigations
1
Licensing investigations, whatever prompted them

Deficiencies by Year

  • Deficiencies
  • Of which, high risk
2021: 3 deficiencies across 1 visit320211 visit2022: 4 deficiencies across 3 visits; of which, high risk: 1420223 visits2023: 9 deficiencies across 1 visit920231 visit2024: 2 deficiencies across 3 visits220243 visits2025: 8 deficiencies across 1 visit; of which, high risk: 3820251 visit2026: 6 deficiencies across 1 visit; of which, high risk: 262026*1 visit2021: 3 deficiencies across 1 visit320211 visit2022: 4 deficiencies across 3 visits; of which, high risk: 1420223 visits2023: 9 deficiencies across 1 visit920231 visit2024: 2 deficiencies across 3 visits220243 visits2025: 8 deficiencies across 1 visit; of which, high risk: 3820251 visit2026: 6 deficiencies across 1 visit; of which, high risk: 262026*1 visit

* Partial year, through October 31, 2026.

Deficiencies by year
YearVisitsDeficienciesOf which, high risk
2021130
2022341
2023190
2024320
2025183
2026162

What the Record Shows

  • 32 of 32 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, October 15, 2026, recorded 6 deficiencies (most serious: High risk).
02

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.

  1. 2026

    Inspection

    6 deficiencies

    • 746.611(a)(1)Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care programLow riskCorrected Oct 30, 2026
    • 746.605(11)Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical AuthorizationHigh riskCorrected Oct 19, 2026
    • 746.3401(a)Annual Sanitation InspectionMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 30, 2026
    • 746.1301(a)(4)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPRMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 30, 2026
    • 746.1301(a)(3)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue BreathingMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 30, 2026
    • 746.5625(a)Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicleHigh riskCorrected Oct 30, 2026

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060090

  2. 2025

    Inspection

    8 deficiencies

    • 746.1311(d)Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 monthsMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 22, 2025
    • 746.3407(12)Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to ChildrenHigh riskCorrected Oct 20, 2025
    • 746.5617(a)(5)Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire ExtinguisherHigh riskCorrected Oct 27, 2025
    • 746.3407Maintenance of Building, Grounds and EquipmentMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 31, 2025
    • 746.3701(1)Safety - Electrical Outlets CoveredMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 20, 2025
    • 746.1316(a)Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours AnnuallyMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 22, 2025
    • 746.5531Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection SystemHigh riskCorrected Oct 24, 2025
    • 746.1309(d)Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months RequiredMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 22, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060089

  3. 2024

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060088

  4. 2024

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060087

  5. 2024

    Inspection

    2 deficiencies

    • 746.5101(b)Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire MarshalMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 25, 2024
    • 746.5401Requirement of Gas Leak InspectionMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 18, 2024

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060086

  6. 2023

    Inspection

    9 deficiencies

    • 746.3417(3)Children Handwashing After Toileting or DiaperingMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 8, 2023
    • 746.2407Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety StrapsMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 11, 2023
    • 746.3505(e)Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing AreaMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 8, 2023
    • 746.2431Infant Daily Report - Share with ParentMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 12, 2023
    • 746.5101(b)Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire MarshalMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 22, 2023
    • 746.2203(a)Written Activity PlansMedium riskCorrected Dec 15, 2023
    • 746.4403(a)Handwashing Sink in Diaper-Changing AreaMedium riskCorrected Dec 8, 2023
    • 746.5401Requirement of Gas Leak InspectionMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 22, 2023
    • 746.3415(7)Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily FluidsMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 8, 2023

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060085

  7. 2022

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060084

  8. 2022

    Inspection

    4 deficiencies

    • 746.2421(b)Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 DaysMedium riskCorrected Dec 2, 2022
    • 746.3407(12)Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to ChildrenHigh riskCorrected Nov 29, 2022
    • 746.3503(a)Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean SurfaceMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 29, 2022
    • 746.2431Infant Daily Report - Share with ParentMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 2, 2022

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060083

  9. 2022

    Investigation

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905203121

  10. 2021

    Inspection

    3 deficiencies

    • 746.3407Maintenance of Building, Grounds and EquipmentMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 7, 2022
    • 746.1315(b)(1)CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill basedMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 7, 2022
    • 746.2431Infant Daily Report - Share with ParentMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 30, 2021

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905060082

Texas gives every licensing standard one of five risk levels, from low to high, by how likely a deficiency is to harm a child.

03

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

  1. 1

    Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent, Cited in Three Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 746.2431 in December 2021, November 2022 and December 2023. The agency describes it this way: Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222222232424242526746.2431 across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 746.3407 in December 2021 and October 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.

    21222222232424242526746.3407 across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  3. 3

    Citation 746.3407(12), Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 746.3407(12) in November 2022 and October 2025. The agency describes it this way: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to 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.

    21222222232424242526746.3407(12) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  4. 4

    Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 746.5101(b) in December 2023 and January 2024. The agency describes it this way: Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222222232424242526746.5101(b) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  5. 5

    Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 746.5401 in December 2023 and January 2024. The agency describes it this way: Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222222232424242526746.5401 across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
04

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.

  1. 01

    What changed after 746.2431 was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent: cited in three visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    What changed after 746.3407(12) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Citation 746.3407(12): cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.

  4. 04

    What changed after 746.5101(b) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

  5. 05

    What changed after 746.5401 was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

05

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)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 815168

    Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060082

    Visit Dec 30, 2021 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905203121

    Visit Nov 18, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060083

    Visit Nov 29, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060084

    Visit Dec 20, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060085

    Visit Dec 8, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060086

    Visit Jan 11, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060087

    Visit Oct 28, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060088

    Visit Nov 13, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060089

    Visit Oct 20, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

    Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905060090

    Visit Oct 15, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗

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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