ACTIVE POOR Compliance

David Crockett Early Head Start

3282 S 13TH ST, ABILENE, TX 79605

License #820781 | Expires: Feb 11, 2003

Day Care Center
Type
164
Capacity
23
Inspections
12
Violations

Compliance Summary

10
Critical
2
Serious
0
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 6, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 17, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jul 29, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 27, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 21, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 7, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 26, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 20, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Feb 11, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 7, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
Feb 4, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jan 31, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 20, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
May 15, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 24, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 3
Aug 26, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 12, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 23, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 4
Sep 8, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Critical Corrected

It was determined a caregiver at the operation used prohibited punishment when the caregiver swatted a child on the hand.

Corrected: Dec 30, 2025

Serious Corrected

Throughout the course of the HHS Investigation, a caregiver failed to keep her hand on a child in care while the child was on the elevated diaper changing station. This resulted in the child in care falling to the ground.

Corrected: Mar 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation the operation failed to report to CCR within the required time frame. The incident occurred on 1/31/25. The incident was not reported to CCR until 2/3/25.

Corrected: Mar 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation the caregiver failed to maintain the level of supervision required for a young child in care while on the playground. Surveillance footage revealed the child was out of the caregiver?s view for a total period of 6 minutes. Within those 6 minutes, the child was left alone outside unsupervised on the enclosed playground for 3 minutes and 15 seconds.

Corrected: Mar 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver withheld food from a child in care when the child refused to put their hands in their lap. The caregiver also threatened to remove other children's plates if the children didn't stop yelling.

Corrected: Mar 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

Two infants in care were observed sleeping in a restrictive device while reviewing surveillance footage for the HHS Investigation.

Corrected: Mar 20, 2023

Critical Corrected

Throughout the course of the HHS Investigation, a 4-month-old infant in care was observed with a blanket in the crib while reviewing surveillance footage.

Corrected: Mar 20, 2023

Critical Corrected

While reviewing surveillance footage for the HHS Investigation, infants in care were observed in restrictive devices for 36 minutes, 41 minutes, 26 minutes, 25 minutes, 47 minutes, and 26 minutes.

Corrected: Mar 20, 2023

Serious Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that a caregiver did not hold or comfort an ill child in care.

Corrected: Nov 2, 2021

Critical Corrected

During the course of the investigation it was determined that a caregiver used profane language in front of children in care.

Corrected: Sep 29, 2021

Critical Corrected

Video footage was observed, showing a caregiver snatching a toy away from a child and stated ?You are being ridiculous, and I don?t like it.? It was also determined that the same caregiver treats children differently based on their preference of child.

Critical Corrected

It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that a caregiver grabbed a child in care and picked the child up where their feet weren't touching. It was also determined that the caregiver was rough with a child in care on multiple occasions. The caregiver spoke to children in care in a harsh tone by stating "You are getting on my nerves."

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.