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YMCA @ Norris Elementary

Licensed before- and after-school program

10101 Shepton Ln
Frisco, TX 75035

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Oct 31, 2026
Report ID
VR-TX-1580945-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Frisco, TX
Record Period
2021–2026
Source Documents
11
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 10 licensing visits from November 2021 to September 2026, HHSC cited 11 deficiencies at YMCA @ Norris Elementary; 11 have a recorded correction.

Visits
10
2021–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments
Deficiencies
11
Standards cited by HHSC inspectors
Corrected
11
Of 11 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date
Investigations
1
Licensing investigations, whatever prompted them

Deficiencies by Year

  • Deficiencies
  • Of which, high risk
2021: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020211 visit2022: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020221 visit2023: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020231 visit2024: 10 deficiencies across 2 visits; of which, high risk: 21020242 visits2025: 1 deficiency across 4 visits; of which, high risk: 1120254 visits2026: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit02026*1 visit2021: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020211 visit2022: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020221 visit2023: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit020231 visit2024: 10 deficiencies across 2 visits; of which, high risk: 21020242 visits2025: 1 deficiency across 4 visits; of which, high risk: 1120254 visits2026: 0 deficiencies across 1 visit02026*1 visit

* Partial year, through October 31, 2026.

Deficiencies by year
YearVisitsDeficienciesOf which, high risk
2021100
2022100
2023100
20242102
2025411
2026100

What the Record Shows

  • 11 of 11 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 15, 2026, recorded no deficiencies.
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

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102316

  2. 2025

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102315

  3. 2025

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102314

  4. 2025

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102313

  5. 2025

    Investigation

    1 deficiency

    Opened on a report the operation made itself.

    • 745.641AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operationHigh riskCorrected Aug 29, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905220238

  6. 2024

    Assessment

    5 deficiencies

    • 744.605(11)Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical AuthorizationHigh riskCorrected Dec 6, 2024
    • 744.605(10)Required Admission Information - Physician InformationMedium riskCorrected Nov 8, 2024
    • 744.3559(1)Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 MinutesMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 6, 2024
    • 744.605(15)Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy PlanMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 8, 2024
    • 744.605(6)Required Admission Information-Emergency ContactMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 6, 2024

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905252375

  7. 2024

    Inspection

    5 deficiencies

    • 744.605(15)Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy PlanMedium-high riskCorrected Nov 1, 2024
    • 744.605(6)Required Admission Information-Emergency ContactMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 15, 2024
    • 744.3559(1)Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 MinutesMedium-high riskCorrected Oct 15, 2024
    • 744.605(11)Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical AuthorizationHigh riskCorrected Oct 8, 2024
    • 744.605(10)Required Admission Information - Physician InformationMedium riskCorrected Oct 15, 2024

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102312

  8. 2023

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102311

  9. 2022

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102310

  10. 2021

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905102309

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

    Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 744.3559(1) in October 2024 and October 2024. The agency describes it this way: Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222324242525252526744.3559(1) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Required Admission Information - Physician Information, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 744.605(10) in October 2024 and October 2024. The agency describes it this way: Required Admission Information - Physician Information. None rose above medium risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222324242525252526744.605(10) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  3. 3

    Citation 744.605(11), Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 744.605(11) in October 2024 and October 2024. The agency describes it this way: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization. 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.

    21222324242525252526744.605(11) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  4. 4

    Citation 744.605(15), Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 744.605(15) in October 2024 and October 2024. The agency describes it this way: Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222324242525252526744.605(15) across all 10 visits, oldest to newest
  5. 5

    Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact, Cited in Two Visits

    HHSC inspectors cited 744.605(6) in October 2024 and October 2024. The agency describes it this way: Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    21222324242525252526744.605(6) 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 744.3559(1) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

  2. 02

    What changed after 744.605(10) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Required Admission Information - Physician Information: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium risk.

  3. 03

    What changed after 744.605(11) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Citation 744.605(11): cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.

  4. 04

    What changed after 744.605(15) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Citation 744.605(15): cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

  5. 05

    What changed after 744.605(6) was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact: 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 · 1580945

    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 · 905102309

    Visit Nov 15, 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 · 905102310

    Visit Nov 1, 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 · 905102311

    Visit Oct 27, 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 · 905102312

    Visit Oct 1, 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 · 905252375

    Visit Oct 25, 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 · 905220238

    Visit Aug 27, 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 · 905102313

    Visit Aug 29, 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 · 905102314

    Visit Sep 8, 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 · 905102315

    Visit Sep 24, 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 · 905102316

    Visit Sep 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.

Data architecture: Cierto supplies the source-backed machine-readable bundle. Life by Vardell independently creates the narrative, design, and consumer report.