DBA First Advantage Learning
DBA First Advantage Learning is a licensed child care center in Houston, TX, licensed for up to 115 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2024. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 19 times and investigated 2 reports. Inspectors recorded 24 citations, 9 of them high-risk, most often for supervision (7 of 24). None of them came in the last 12 months. 8% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 3 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #497 of 882 centers in Houston and better than 19% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
One out of six caregivers did not have an affidavit available for review
A caregiver did not know the ages of the children and the information was not posted.
Director is missing twenty-two hours of annual training.
A fourteen-month old infant was grouped with a forty month old child.
Three live ant beds were observed on the playground structure.
The director is struggling to maintain compliance and ensuring that the operation is ran in a safe manner. The director is often away from the operation and is unaware of the concerns observed. Children are seen opening doors and running out of classrooms and the caregivers are having a hard time with classroom management. The operation is starting to have repeated citations and I have discussed my concerns with the director multiple times and no progress has been made.
One caregiver with a condition was observed supervising two infant classrooms by themselves.
An operation violated a condition when a caregiver with a provisional was alone in the infant classroom during nap time. This was corrected during the inspection when another caregiver returned from lunch break and went into the classroom.
The play house on the playground structure is broken and has a nail sticking out of the wood.
While I was driving on the street getting ready to turn into the daycare parking lot I observed a caregiver grab a child by one arm, completely lifting the child off the ground and proceeded to walk the child to another caregiver who was by the side door and that caregiver also lifted that child up by one arm and took them inside. The teacher was by themselves outside on the playground and was transitioning the children from outside.
During the walk through I observed one caregiver walking between both infant classrooms supervising the children. There was three infants in one classroom and one six month old in the other infant classroom. The same caregiver also walked completely out of the infant room to let in a parent and caregiver.
During the follow-up inspection I asked the two caregivers present who was in charge when the director is not present and both caregivers did not know that someone has to be in charge when the director is not present. Both caregivers stated I get here when there's already children, how can i be in charge.
During the follow-up inspection, I observed two children ages nine and six siting in the front toddler classroom by themselves. The two children did have a tablet and when I asked them were there teacher was the nine year old stated my mom works here and thats why I am here. When I approached the parent who is also the cook she stated the two children should have been sitting in the classroom with the school age teacher. I also observed an eleven year old child sitting in a dark office laying on a couch. When I asked the child what was wrong, he stated he was not feeling good. There was no teacher supervising the child. At 3:26 pm a caregiver brought the child out of the office and took them to the classroom.
While waiting for someone to answer the front door I observed the owner/director running passed the front door and back into the hallway were the classrooms were. I thought the director was coming to open the door for me but instead ran into a hallway. When another caregiver finally opened the door I conducted my walk through and asked the director why she ran passed the door. She initial stated that was not her and then said she went to the front desk to get something and immediately came back to the children. During the time that she ran to her desk, no other caregiver stepped in to be with the children.
A child under the age of twenty-four months was observed watching coco melon. This was corrected during the inspection when I observed the director turn the television off.
Toddler caregiver did not know the age of the children and the information was not posted showing each child's name and age. This was corrected during inspection when the director gave the caregiver the children's information and posted it on the wall.
One out of three staff members did not have a Pediatric CPR and Fist Aid certificate available for review.
one out of five children did not have the emergency medical authorization to transport filled out on the 2936 form.
One out of three staff members did not have a Pediatric CPR and Fist Aid certificate available for review.
Two out of five children were missing a date of admission. This was corrected during inspection when the director added the admission dates on the form.
The transportation vehicle does not have the child-care center's name or telephone number on the outside of the vehicle.
The sanitation inspection was not available for review.
The small playground had multiple wooden boards that is accessible to children and the main playground area had a broken fence.
The transportation vehicle did not have an electric saftey alarm.
About this center
Common questions
Does DBA First Advantage Learning take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are DBA First Advantage Learning’s hours?
6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does DBA First Advantage Learning accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
Has DBA First Advantage Learning had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 9 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on May 9, 2025: “Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does DBA First Advantage Learning compare with other daycares in Houston?
It is tied for #497 of 882 centers in Houston by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 19% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was DBA First Advantage Learning last inspected?
Sep 11, 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 1788523 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.