Child Foundation Academy
Child Foundation Academy is a licensed child care center in Houston, TX, licensed for up to 95 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2018. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 24 times and investigated 6 reports. Inspectors recorded 12 citations, 6 of them high-risk, most often for staff ratios (3 of 12). None of them came in the last 12 months. 17% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 3 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #195 of 882 centers in Houston and better than 55% of licensed centers statewide.
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The wooden barriers on the playground were broken and uneven posing tripping hazard for outdoor activities.
There were play structures in the outside play area, the pieces were falling apart. There was a fence board that was broken.
The daycare did not follow through the condition in the notification letter dated 01/20/2022 that the owner must never be the only person left in charge. She was the only person left in charge during a part of the day.
There was a mixed age group of 17 children from 17 month old to 5 year old. The daycare combined infant with older children in the group more than 18 months older than the youngest child. The 17 month old child removed to the infant room with one caregiver.
The center was out of ratio from 3:00 PM to 3:20 PM, one caregiver was taking care of 17 children : 12 children : 3 y/o. 4 children : 2 y/o. 1 child : 5 y/o. 1 child : 17 months old. 5 y/o child moved to school age classroom. 17 m/o child was with one caregiver. The daycare was in compliance at 4:30 pm.
One of the two vans used to transport children had no working brake lights and a broken right turn signal.
The center was out of ratio from 3:40 PM to 3:55 PM, one caregiver was taking care of 28 children : 11 children : 2 y/o. 4 children : 3 y/o. 4 children : 4 y/o. 8 children : 5 y/o. 1 child : 6 y/o. One more caregiver was taking care of 3 month old infant. There were 29 children in care from 3:40 PM to 3:55 PM.
The center did not notify Child Care Regulation of an incident where two children were left unattended in a center vehicle.
The driver did not account for all children exiting the vehicle before leaving the vehicle unattended.
Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the driver did not have a list of the children being transported.
Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the alarm system on the van was not operable. It was unplugged while transporting children in care.
Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, two children were left unattended in the daycare van unsupervised approximately between 10 minutes and 22 minutes.
About this center
Common questions
Does Child Foundation Academy take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Child Foundation Academy’s hours?
12 AM to 11:59 PM, Monday through Sunday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Child Foundation Academy accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
Has Child Foundation Academy had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 6 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Sep 23, 2022: “AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Child Foundation Academy compare with other daycares in Houston?
It is tied for #195 of 882 centers in Houston by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 55% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Child Foundation Academy last inspected?
Mar 18, 2026. 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 1673713 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.