Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez
Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez is a licensed child care center in San Antonio, TX, licensed for up to 66 children and serving infants, toddlers and preschoolers. It has held its Texas license since 1999. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 5 times. Inspectors recorded 3 citations, 1 of them high-risk, most often for transportation (1 of 3). None of them came in the last 12 months. 33% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 4 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #198 of 476 centers in San Antonio and better than 49% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
A plan to handle emergencies was not provided for review.
Documentation was unavailable for the month of January and February of 2022 on the emergency practices. NOTE: This was corrected when maintenance verified the dates.
Two of the six children did not have current immunization records available for review.
About this center
Common questions
Does Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
What are Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez’s hours?
8 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Alamo area, which includes San Antonio, is $42.00 a day for infants, $40.40 a day for toddlers and $39.20 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 1 high-risk citation since 2021. The most recent was on Mar 21, 2022: “Smoke Detectors Testing.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez compare with other daycares in San Antonio?
It is tied for #198 of 476 centers in San Antonio by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 49% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Avance Family Center Carmen P Cortez last inspected?
Dec 2, 2025. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 540895- 5052 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.