ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Longview Child Development Center

601 W GARFIELD DR, LONGVIEW, TX 75602

License #247802 | Expires: Mar 13, 1996

Day Care Center
Type
105
Capacity
38
Inspections
46
Violations

Compliance Summary

12
Critical
20
Serious
13
Moderate
1
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 14, 2026 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Aug 26, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Jun 13, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 30, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
Mar 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 18, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Jan 23, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 29, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 20, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 10, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Nov 21, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 8, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Nov 3, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 18, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Sep 15, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 4
Sep 13, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 24, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jun 14, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
May 18, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 2
May 11, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Apr 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Jul 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Apr 14, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 5, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Mar 23, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 17, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Mar 3, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Feb 28, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Feb 9, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jan 21, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 18, 2022 OTHER Compliant 0
Jan 13, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 11, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Oct 12, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Apr 26, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 17, 2021 OTHER Compliant 0

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

746.201(2) - Written Personnel Policies

Corrected: Feb 9, 2026

Moderate Corrected

During inspection required training was not available for review.

Corrected: Feb 9, 2026

Moderate Corrected

Multiple children's records were missing the address information for either a physician or an emergency facility.

Corrected: Jul 14, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Multiple staff members did not have the required training hours for review during the insepction.

Corrected: Jul 30, 2025

Serious Corrected

This standard was reviewed and found to be out of compliance. A caregiver was observed using food as a reward.

Corrected: Jun 30, 2025

Serious Corrected

Multiple children's records were missing the child's full address information.

Corrected: Jul 14, 2025

Serious Corrected

This standard was reviewed and found to be out of compliance. A potty-chair was not sanitized after use with urine still sitting inside of it.

Corrected: Jun 30, 2025

Critical Corrected

One caregiver was present at inspection without a background check. This was corrected at inspection as the caregiver was sent home and the operation submitted the individuals background check request.

Corrected: Jun 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that a caregiver has yelled at children as a method of discipline. This caregiver is no longer employed by the operation.

Corrected: Jun 27, 2025

Critical Corrected

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that staff in one classroom failed to demonstrate good judgement when they allowed children to use the restroom in a bucket inside the classroom.

Corrected: Jun 27, 2025

Serious Corrected

The loose fill under the playscape was not at the required depth and grass was seen growing out as well.

Moderate Corrected

Child #1, #2, #4, and #5 need a statement they are healthy to be in care from their physician.

Moderate Corrected

An emergency practices document was not available for the previous year.

Moderate Corrected

Four personnel files were reviewed and the following training was not available: #2 and #4 do not have training available for review.

Minor Corrected

Four personnel records were reviewed and #1 does not have an affidavit on file.

Moderate Corrected

Ten children's files were reviewed and the following information was not available: Child #4 needs an address for the emergency contact person All 10 children need the new special care statement completed and signed Child #6 parent needs to sign emergency care authorization Child #1, #2, #4, and #5 need a statement they are healthy to be in care from their physician.

Serious Corrected

Four staff files were reviewed and two do not have required CPR/1st aid training available for revieiw.

Critical Corrected

A current fire inspection was not available.

Critical Corrected

During the abuse/neglect investigation a caregiver was observed dragging a child by the arm across the room.

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of evidence gathered during the investigation, it is determined that a caregiver did substantially harm a child by using excessive force of dragging the child across the room by one arm and then restraining the child in a chair for punishment for over 30 minutes.

Serious Corrected

During the abuse/neglect investigation a caregiver was observed on her phone while caring for children.

Critical Corrected

During an abuse/neglect investigation it was observed that a caregiver strapped a child into a restrictive device for at least 30 minutes.

Serious Corrected

During inspection, wall borders at bottom have come loose and need to be repaired or removed.

Critical Corrected

During the DFPS investigation it was determined that the operation did not notify CCR that a child was inappropriately disciplined.

Critical Corrected

During the DFPS investigation it was determined that a child was slapped on the hand by one caregiver and pushed in the chest area by another caregiver.

Moderate Corrected

During inspection 6 personnel file were missing the following training: SIDS/Shaken Baby/Brain Development for infants Hazardous Materials Training Food Allergies Training Emegency Preparedness Training 1st aid/cpr Training

Moderate Corrected

The parent handbook is missing required information.

Serious Corrected

During the walk through I observed a plugged in power strip lying on the counter of a sink inside of a classroom.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection multiple caregivers stated that no one was left in charge while the acting director was away from the facility.

Critical Corrected

During the inspection it was found that a person with a pending background check had at times been watching classrooms with children while the caregivers were on break.

Serious Corrected

During the walk through I observed two caregivers on their personal phones.

Moderate Corrected

During inspection the safety practices document was not available for the current year.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection a toilet that children use was observed to be clogged with waste. When asked caregivers stated this toilet has been in this manner for over a week.

Serious Corrected

During my inspection I observed one of the rooms was not cleaned the night before making the teacher complete janitorial duties leading to the room getting out of control.

Serious Corrected

The operation could not provide a sigh-in and sign-out log.

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection I observed a classroom with a child under two years old watching television.

Moderate Corrected

While observing video for the investigation I observed the children watching television for 3 hours. This screen time also overlapped meal time for breakfast at 9:00AM.

Critical Corrected

During my inspection I observed a child playing in a room by themselves with no caregiver supervision for around 5 minutes.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection I observed a room of children with the youngest being 14 months old and the oldest being 4 years old. This was a 34 month age gap between the youngest and oldest child in care.

Critical Corrected

Based off a DFPS Investigation this Minimum Standard was found to be out of compliance. The caregiver demonstrated poor judgement when they picked up a toddler and slung them onto their nap mat.

Moderate Corrected

Based on a DFPS Investigation this Minimum Standard was found to be out of compliance. A caregiver was found to have placed a blanket over a toddlers head during naptime.

Serious Corrected

During the walk through I observed the ceiling and wall in the cafeteria had water damage. This damage caused the paint and parts of the wall the crumble when touched. I also observed in the Pre-K room part of the wall exposed allowing children to peel at it.

Serious Corrected

During the investigation it was found that the operation was not reporting Covid-19 cases to CCR withing the required time frame.

Serious Corrected

During the investigation it was found that parents were not being notified of Covid-19 cases within the required time frame.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection 10 children's records were observed, out of the 10 6 of these records did not have the full Emergency Contact information. 5 of these records were also missing the child's date of admission and their Special Needs statement, and 5 of the records were missing a full address for the Emergency Medical Attention.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection 8 Personnel Records were observed, out of those 8 records 6 of them did not have currecnt First-Aid/CPR.

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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.