St Matthews CDC
St Matthews CDC is a licensed child care center in Houston, TX, licensed for up to 203 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 1992. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 8 times and investigated 1 report. Inspectors recorded 27 citations, 7 of them high-risk, most often for training & qualifications (11 of 27). 7 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 high-risk. 7% were corrected during the inspection itself. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #825 of 882 centers in Houston and better than 1% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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Seven of the required director annual trainings were missing for the most current full year.
The current insurance on file expired 5.2025
The current fire inspection at the operation is dated 9.3.24
Three of the reviewed caregiver files had less than the 24 required training hours.
A caregiver did not have a cpr certification.
A caregiver's file had an invalid education certificate.
A caregiver that is provisionally eligible with conditions was alone and responsible for children. The provisional caregiver's class was then combined with an eligible caregiver's class.
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
Eight staff files were reviewed, and five caregivers did not complete the required six clock hours of training topics.
Eight staff files were reviewed, and Four caregivers are missing the child maltreatment training topics.
Eight staff files were reviewed, and Eight caregivers are missing the required special topic training.
Eight staff files were reviewed, and five caregivers did not complete shaken baby, safe sleep, and brain development training.
A caregiver was observed supervising 8 children in the 3-year-old classroom by herself, even though her background check conditions prohibit her from supervising children alone.
The operation did not have in their operational policy on the benefits of physical activity .
The operation did not have an updated gas inspection report, the last inspection was done on 10/7/2021 which expired on 10/7/2023.
It was determined three children ages 23 months and two 2 years old was left alone in a classroom for disclose amount of time.
The operation did not make a report with in 48 hours. The situation happen on Friday and the operation did not report until Monday. Corrected: When the director and I spoke about the standard and timeline on when and where a report can be make.
The operation did not have incident reports for the three children that was placed at risk.
Five caregivers are missing annual training. One caregiver is missing 6 1/2 hours from training year 3-3-21 to 3-3-22. One caregiver is missing 17 hours for training year 6-4-21 to 6-4-22. One caregiver is missing 7 annual training hours for 8-16-21 to 8-16-22. Two caregivers are missing 24 annual hours for training year 7-19-21 to 7-19-22 and 9-6-21 to 9-6-22.
One caregiver did not have update first aid training.
One caregivers did not have updated CPR training.
In the pre-school classroom four outlets were not covered.
Two caregiver did not have qualifications for having a high school diploma.
The operation did not have a updated fire inspection report the last report date was 11/22/2021.
It was determined that the new director did not have a background check ran when she started.
During review of physical facilities 3 mats were found to have rips and tears. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the mats and replaced them with new mats.
Duriing review of records 1 out of 10 records evaluated did not have an emergency contact as required by minimum standards.
About this center
Common questions
Does St Matthews CDC take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are St Matthews CDC’s hours?
8 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does St Matthews CDC accept child care subsidies?
Not according to its state licensing record. Ask the center directly, since participation can change.
Has St Matthews CDC had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 7 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Oct 28, 2025: “Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does St Matthews CDC compare with other daycares in Houston?
It is tied for #825 of 882 centers in Houston by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 1% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was St Matthews CDC last inspected?
Oct 30, 2025. Inspectors cited at least one rule 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 410532 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.