Westside Community DCC
Westside Community DCC is a licensed child care center in Big Spring, TX, licensed for up to 85 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 1987. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 10 times and investigated 1 report. Inspectors recorded 16 citations, 6 of them high-risk, most often for health & medication (4 of 16). None of them came in the last 12 months. Its last 3 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 8 centers in Big Spring and better than 10% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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Citations, newest first
Four children did not have a current record of immunizations. Two children did not have any record and two children were missing the 4th and 3rd set of immunizations for Dtap, Hib, Hep A, and PCV.
Two new employees hired after September 2023 do not have a preemployment affidavit in their file.
Two caregivers did not know how many children were in the room. One care giver stated she had six children but did not know how many children total in the napping room. Another caregiver stated there were six children in her care but seven were counted.
A caregiver allowed the group of seven 18m - 24m children to walk without supervision from the napping room to their classroom. Another two or three year old walked from the napping room to the pre-k three room without supervision. A caregiver left the group of seven school age children alone in the classroom to put away a tray in the kitchen.
The health inspection is past due as of March 2024.
A caregiver left alone with children, hired August 18, 2021, and without two years caregiver experience did not have 24 hours preservice training, 24 hours annual training for the 1rst year 2021 - 2022, nor 24 hours annual training for the second year 2022 - 2023.
A 3-month old infant not yet on table food does not have current writen feeding instructions signed by the parent. The last update was april22, 2024.
An infant under two months, able to roll self, was sleeping in the crib face down with a bib around the neck.
Loose-fill gravel on the pre-k playground, around slide fall zones and ends of slides is less than one inch deep. the highest slide is five feet. The smaler slide is three feet high.
Two children do not have current immunizations. A 16 month old has a reocord of only the first immunizations. A 12 month old infant only has a record of one immunization.
Two slide exit use zones overlap on the pre-k playground, posing a risk of injury to children.
Two children in care did not have current record of immunizations. They are missing their 12m - 18 month immunizations. One child did not have a record of immunizations.
A caregiver left alone with children did not have current certification in CPR/first aid. Expired 8/19/23.
One caregiver and the director did not have current training in SIDS, Shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development. One expired June 2023 and the other on May 2023.
A six month old infant was left to asleep in a bouncy seat for 10 minutes.
Four children did not have current immunizations.
About this center
Common questions
Does Westside Community DCC take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Westside Community DCC’s hours?
7:30 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Westside Community DCC accept child care subsidies?
Not according to its state licensing record. Ask the center directly, since participation can change.
Has Westside Community DCC had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 6 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Jan 23, 2025: “Required Immunizations.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Westside Community DCC compare with other daycares in Big Spring?
It is #8 of 8 centers in Big Spring by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 10% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Westside Community DCC last inspected?
Dec 15, 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 114556 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.