ACTIVE POOR Compliance

First Friends Preschool LLC

1636 CLARK ST, HARLINGEN, TX 78550

License #1721917 | Expires: Jan 10, 2022

Day Care Center
Type
64
Capacity
16
Inspections
15
Violations

Compliance Summary

5
Critical
4
Serious
4
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Dec 4, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Nov 30, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 18, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
May 2, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 26, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Feb 8, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 24, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
May 18, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Feb 25, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Dec 22, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Nov 3, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 21, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 19, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 26, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1

Violation Details

Moderate Corrected

The CPSC annual certification was not current. It was date 5/4/21. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection)

Corrected: Jan 3, 2024

Serious Corrected

Playground located in the back of the building does not have six inches of loose fill surfacing.

Corrected: Feb 3, 2023

Moderate Corrected

Infant feeding instructions were missing for a child in care.

Corrected: Jan 27, 2023

Critical Corrected

Fire extinguisher is not secured in the passengers compartment.

Corrected: Feb 3, 2023

Critical Corrected

A child's file does not have proof of immunization.

Corrected: Jan 27, 2023

Serious Corrected

There is not adequate lighting during nap time in one classroom.

Corrected: Jan 25, 2023

Serious Corrected

Two staff members are not current with transportation training.

Corrected: Jan 27, 2023

Moderate Corrected

There was no documentation of a fire drill having been done for the month of April. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection by conducting a drill while licensing inspector was present.)

Corrected: May 18, 2022

Minor Corrected

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.

Corrected: Feb 28, 2022

Critical Corrected

The transportation van (12 passenger) is not equipped with a child safety alarm.

Corrected: Jan 4, 2022

Critical Corrected

The paperwork included in the vehicle does not contain the children's emergency treatment authorization.

Minor Corrected

Out of the children's files reviewed only 1 was missing the date of admission. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection by filling in the missing information.)

Moderate Corrected

Out of all the children's files reviewed only 1 had incomplete information for the doctor and hosptial. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection by filling in the missing information.)

Serious Corrected

Out of all the children's files reviewed, only 1 had incomplete information for the person to contact in case of an emergency. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection by filling in the missing information.)

Critical Corrected

There was no carbon monoxide detector inside the building.

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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.