Licensed Child Care Center · Houston, TX 77051
Between Oct 20, 2021 and Oct 20, 2026, the state cited Walkers Day Care for 36 deficiencies — the Texas HHSC term for rule violations — over 14 routine inspections and 5 other visits (investigations or paperwork reviews); 9 were under rules the state weights High. The rule cited most often here is 746.3407 (4 times, most recently Nov 20, 2024).
The state lists Walkers Day Care as serving infant, toddler, pre-kindergarten, and school-age children, open 06:00 AM to 06:00 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri). Programs on file: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School. Program type: Child Care Program.
Of the 36 violations at Walkers Day Care, 9 fall under rules Texas weights High and 14 under Medium High; the state sets each rule’s weight by the risk a violation poses to children. How weights work
| Weight | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| High | 9 | 25% |
| Medium High | 14 | 39% |
| Medium | 10 | 28% |
| Medium Low | 3 | 8% |
| Low | 0 | 0% |
Walkers Day Care had 36 violations in five years, more than the median of 11 across Houston’s 923 licensed child care centers, and 2.1 per routine inspection against a median of 1.0 — a count of state records, not a rating.
7 rules were cited more than once at Walkers Day Care in the last five years.
| Rule | Times | What the rule covers |
|---|---|---|
| 746.3407 Medium High | 4 | The center must clean, repair, and maintain its building, grounds, and equipment to protect children's health. This includes sanitizing toys that children put in their mouths, keeping garbage out of children's reach, keeping floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair, and labeling cleaning supplies and storing them away from food and out of children's reach. Official rule text Most recent: Nov 20, 2024 · first: Nov 30, 2022 |
| 746.605 Medium High | 3 | Before admitting a child, the center must collect set information, including the child's name and birth date, how to reach the parents, an emergency contact for when parents can't be reached, the people allowed to pick up the child, and permission to get emergency medical care. It must also record the child's special care needs, any allergies with a food allergy emergency plan if needed, and permission for transportation, field trips, or water activities if the center offers them. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024 Most recent: Nov 20, 2024 · first: Dec 7, 2021 |
| 746.4751 Medium | 2 | The director or a designee must check the active play space and equipment every day before play and do a fuller check at least monthly using a written checklist. Hazards or defects found must be removed or repaired promptly, children must be kept off the equipment until then, and inspection and repair records must be kept for at least three months. Official rule text Most recent: Oct 28, 2025 · first: Dec 7, 2021 |
| 746.2207 Medium | 2 | Centers may not use screen time for children under two. For older children, screen time may only add to other activities, not replace them, and it must be tied to planned learning goals, age-appropriate, no more than one hour a day, free of ads and violence, and not used during meals, snacks, naps, or rest times. Official rule text Most recent: May 14, 2025 · first: Mar 13, 2024 |
| 746.303 Medium Low | 2 | The center must tell the state in writing within five days when its designee, the head of its governing body, their address, or its director changes. Each year by January 15, it must report online how many employees stopped working there during the previous year. Official rule text Most recent: Jan 17, 2025 · first: Mar 8, 2022 |
| 746.603 Medium | 2 | The center must keep a record for each enrolled child, including the enrollment agreement, admission information, a health statement from a health-care professional, and immunization records, plus items such as sign-in and sign-out records and medication records when they apply. These records must be kept at the center, available during operating hours, generally until three months after the child's last day. Official rule text Most recent: Nov 20, 2024 · first: Nov 20, 2024 |
| 746.5205 Medium High | 2 | The center must hold a fire drill every month, and the children must be able to get out of the building within three minutes. It must also hold a severe-weather sheltering drill and a lock-down drill at least four times a year each, and record the date, time, and length of every drill. Official rule text Most recent: Dec 7, 2021 · first: Dec 7, 2021 |
| Year | Routine inspections | All state visits | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (from Oct 20) | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 visits on record since Oct 20, 2021, newest first, including visits that found nothing.
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2025 | Inspection | 407 | 1 |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Inspection | 3 | None |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Investigation (report) | 4 | 3 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Inspection | 2 | None |
| May 14, 2025 | Inspection | 492 | 2 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Inspection | 6 | None |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | 785 | 7 |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Inspection | 3 | None |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Inspection | 487 | 5 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Inspection | 766 | 1 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Inspection | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2022 | Inspection | 464 | 2 |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Investigation (report) | 2 | 2 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Inspection | 1 | None |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Investigation (report) | 3 | None |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Inspection | 8 | None |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Inspection | 359 | 10 |
6 rules cited at Walkers Day Care changed after some of these citations (marked “rule revised”), so the wording that applied at the time may differ from our plain-English explanation.
Medium High · Oct 28, 2025 · Inspection
There were two active ant beds on the playground.
Plain-English explanation above
High · Jul 15, 2025 · Investigation (report)
Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that parents were not notified immediately when their nine-year-old child was able to leave the operation unattended.
In plain English: The center must tell a parent immediately if there is an allegation that their child was abused or neglected in care, or after the child has an injury needing medical treatment, an illness needing hospitalization, an emergency allergic reaction that required a stock epinephrine auto-injector, a situation such as a fire, flood, or severe-weather damage at the center, or another unusual situation that put the child at risk. Minor injuries such as small cuts or bites must be reported at pickup; the parents of every child at the center must get written notice within 48 hours of a reportable disease in a child or employee, and the parents of a group must get written notice within 48 hours of a lice or other infestation outbreak in that group. Official rule text
High · Jul 15, 2025 · Investigation (report)
Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that CCR was not notified within the required two-day time frame, when a nine-year-old child was able to leave the operation unattended, and ride a city bus to their grandmother's home.
In plain English: The center must tell the state licensing office as soon as possible, and within two days, about events such as a child injury that needs medical treatment or hospitalization, an illness that needs hospitalization, a reportable disease, the arrest or criminal charge of a person who needs a background check, or any unusual situation that puts a child at risk, such as a child left in a vehicle or wandering off. A child's death in care must be reported immediately. Official rule text
High · Jul 15, 2025 · Investigation (report)
Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that supervision was not maintained when a nine-year-old child was able to leave the operation unattended, and ride a city bus to their grandmother's home.
In plain English: Each caregiver must know which children they are responsible for, how many there are, and each child's name and age. The caregiver must stay close enough to see or hear what each child is doing, as the situation calls for, and be able to step in when needed. Official rule text
Medium · May 14, 2025 · Inspection
There were two children ages 14 and 18 months playing on iPads.
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Medium High · May 14, 2025 · Inspection
The loose fill was approximately two inches deep.
In plain English: Loose-fill surfacing under play equipment must be kept at least six inches deep when the highest play surface is five feet or lower, and at least nine inches deep when it is higher. It may not be laid over concrete or asphalt or used indoors, and equipment posts must be marked to show the required depth. Official rule text
Medium Low · Jan 17, 2025 · Assessment
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
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Medium High · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Two of Five Children's Records did not have addresses for emergency contacts.
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Medium · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Three of Five Children's records did not have evidence of parent signed operational policies.
Medium · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Two of five children's immunization records were not up to date.
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Medium · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Three of Five Children's records did not have physician's health care statements.
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Medium Low · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Four of Five employees did not have signed affidavit.
In plain English: The center must keep a file at the center for each employee, caregiver, substitute, and volunteer, available during operating hours. It must include items such as start and end dates, proof of age and education qualifications, the required state affidavit forms (Forms 2985 and 2912), training records, proof that background checks were requested, and a copy of a photo ID. Official rule text
Medium High · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
Three large and active ant beds were observed on the playground.
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High · Nov 20, 2024 · Inspection
An infant was standing in the upper crib with the drop gate in the down position.
In plain English: Each crib must have a firm, flat mattress made for that crib model that fits snugly with no added padding, snug-fitting sheets, secure hardware, slats no more than 2 3/8 inches apart, documentation that it meets federal crib standards, and a label with the infant's name (or a number with an assignment map). Cribs must be sanitized before another infant uses them, and an infant may never be left in a crib with the drop gate down. Official rule text
Medium · Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
Written daily plans posted did not have information identifying dates used or classroom used in.
In plain English: A written activity plan must name the group and the dates it covers and outline the specific daily activities. It must give children enough time to progress at their own pace and avoid long waits or long stretches of sitting or standing, and any screen time in the plan must come with other choices for children who do not want to take part. Official rule text
Medium High · Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
I observed a changing pad with open cracks in the pre-k room and a changing pad with straps in the infant room.
In plain English: The center must have a smooth, non-absorbent, easy-to-clean diaper-changing surface and a hand-washing sink in the diapering area, and may not change diapers where children play or eat. When a child is on a raised changing surface, the caregiver must use a guard such as raised sides, keep a hand on the child, or stay facing the child within arm's reach. Official rule text
Medium High · Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
Two slides did not have loose fill under them. Three platforms did not have loose fill under them.
In plain English: The area under and around climbing, rocking, spinning, bouncing, or moving equipment, slides, and swings must have loose-fill or unitary (one-piece) cushioning surface. How deep or thick that surface must be depends on the height of the highest play surface on the equipment. Official rule text
Medium · Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
Children were observed using tablets in the pre-k room and cell phones in the school aged room that did not pertain to the activity plan or homework. Both of these were corrected when the caregivers removed the electronic devices from the children.
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Medium High · Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
The light bulb in the school aged room was out, there was a patch of peeling wall in the pre-k room, there were broken toys cluttered in a corner of the playground.
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Medium · Jul 31, 2023 · Inspection
Three out of three caregivers were missing training in the following required topics; Emergency preparedness; Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases; Administering medication; Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic; Understanding building and physical premises safety; Handling storing, and disposing of hazardous materials
In plain English: A caregiver's 24 hours of yearly training must fit the ages of the children in their care and cover set topics, including at least six hours on areas such as child development or guidance and discipline, and at least one hour on preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect. At least five of the hours must be instructor-led, and caregivers of children under 24 months must also have one hour on shaken baby syndrome, infant sleep practices and SIDS, and early brain development. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024
Medium · Jul 21, 2023 · Inspection
The directors present at the operation was missing training in the following topics; Emergency preparedness,Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations,Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reacton,Understanding building and physical premises safety and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials
In plain English: A center director must complete 30 hours of training each year that fits the ages of the children served, including at least six hours on topics such as child development or guidance and discipline, at least one hour on preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect, and three to six hours on management or staff supervision depending on experience. At least six of the hours must be instructor-led. Official rule text
Medium High · Nov 30, 2022 · Inspection
There was a few broken fence boards and 3 active ant piles on the playground. The director treated the ant piles during inspection.
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Medium High · Nov 30, 2022 · Inspection
There were several broken/cracked or missing tiles in the infant room.
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High · Oct 6, 2022 · Investigation (report)
Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that physical abuse occurred in the operation.
In plain English: Every center employee, including staff not counted in the child-to-caregiver ratio, must show competency, good judgment, and self-control around children and treat them with courtesy, respect, and patience. Employees must make sure no child is abused, neglected, or exploited in care, and must report suspected abuse or neglect to the state. Official rule text
High · Oct 6, 2022 · Investigation (report)
Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a child was inappropriately disciplined when they would not lay down on their nap cot.
In plain English: No child may be treated in a harsh, cruel, or unusual way. Banned methods include physical punishment or threats of it, punishment tied to food, naps, or toilet training, grabbing or pulling a child, yelling at or humiliating a child, and putting a child in a locked or dark room. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
Medium Low · Mar 8, 2022 · Assessment
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.
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High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
The operational policy handbook is missing the safe sleep policy for infants from birth through 12 months old.
In plain English: The center must have written policies on a long list of topics, including hours, how children are released, illness and exclusion, medication, medical emergencies, discipline, infant sleep, meals, immunizations, physical activity, parent rights, and its emergency plan. It must also tell parents that the area within 1,000 feet of the center is a gang-free zone. Official rule text · rule revised August 2024
Medium High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
A childs record evaluated was missing the special needs acknowledgment on their admission form.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
A caregiver responsible for the 3y to 6y old group did not know the correct number of children present in the classroom. The caregiver stated there were 11 children present. There were 12 children present during the inspection after counting.
In plain English: Caregivers must know and follow the state minimum standards and supervise children at all times. They must not be pulled away by tasks unrelated to caring for children, such as paperwork, janitorial work, or personal use of phones and other devices, and must pass along each child's information and parent instructions to the next shift. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
Medium · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
The operation does not have a building and grounds checklist on file at the operation for review.
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High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
In the infant room, inspector observed an 8 month old, laying in a crib with a pacifier and pacifier attachment.
In plain English: Centers may not use baby walkers, doorway jumpers, accordion gates, toys small enough to swallow or choke on, or bean bags, waterbeds, or foam pads as sleeping equipment for infants. For an infant younger than 12 months, the crib or play yard must be bare except for a tight-fitting sheet and, if used, a thin, tight-fitting mattress cover made for that mattress. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
Medium · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
Four children ranged from 18m to 2 years old were observed during nap time. One child was observed sleeping with a bottle and three were observed sleeping with training/sippy cups.
In plain English: Toddler areas must have age-appropriate seats, tables, and nap equipment, enough popular toys that toddlers are not forced to compete for them, and low shelves or containers they can reach on their own. Bottles and training cups must be labeled or assigned to each toddler and cleaned and sanitized between uses, and toddlers may never sleep or walk around with them. Official rule text
Medium High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
The operation has not practiced a lock down drill. There is no documentation on file at the operation for review.
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Medium High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
A childs record evaluated was missing the name, address, and phone number for their emergency contact person on their admission form. Another childs record evaluated was missing the address for their emergency contact person on their admission form.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
The operation is missing how children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments from their emergency preparedness plan.
In plain English: The center's written emergency plan must explain how staff will evacuate, relocate, or shelter and lock down children, including children under 24 months and those who need extra help, and how every child will be accounted for. It must also cover how the center will contact authorities and parents, bring each child's emergency contacts and medical authorization, keep caring for children until they are picked up, and reunite them with parents. Official rule text
Medium High · Dec 7, 2021 · Inspection
The operation has not practiced a severe weather drill. There is no documentation on file at the operation for review.
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Based on the kinds of rules cited at Walkers Day Care:
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Explanations follow the current rules (HHSC minimum standards, revised December 2025).