ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Thalia Malena

3228 COLBY CIRCLE, MESQUITE, TX 75149

License #1733871 | Expires: Apr 13, 2022

Day Care Center
Type
12
Capacity
21
Inspections
45
Violations

Compliance Summary

9
Critical
23
Serious
13
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 18, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 12, 2026 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jun 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Apr 28, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Apr 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 7
Mar 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Dec 10, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 9, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 6, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Aug 5, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Apr 29, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 23, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Jan 4, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 8, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 4, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Mar 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Feb 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 15, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 13
Mar 31, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

The operation had 1 child in care under 17 months and 9 children in care over the age of 18 months. The operation was out of ratio by four children.

Corrected: Feb 13, 2026

Serious Corrected

The operation was found to be out of ratio. There were 11 children present during the inspection.

Corrected: Jun 3, 2025

Critical Corrected

A person was present at the operation caring for children with an inactive background check.

Corrected: Jun 3, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operation s backyard fence is missing an entire side, leaving the area open and in need of repair.

Corrected: Jun 6, 2025

Critical Corrected

A person was present with access to children. Without a submitted background check.

Corrected: Apr 10, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operational policy was missing a section on infant safe sleep.

Corrected: Apr 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

There were eight children present during the inspection.

Corrected: Apr 10, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operation s backyard fence is missing an entire side, leaving the area open and in need of repair.

Corrected: May 1, 2025

Serious Corrected

An infant was observed sleeping in a bed with an adult during the inspection.

Corrected: Apr 17, 2025

Critical Corrected

A child was observed to be upstairs in a bedroom alone during the inspection.

Corrected: Apr 10, 2025

Critical Corrected

An infant was observed asleep, swaddled in a blanket during the inspection.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have emergency evacuation and relocation diagram on file.

Serious Corrected

Two outlets accessible to children did not have outlet safety covers.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have infant feeding instructions avalible for review for an infant enrolled at the operation.

Serious Corrected

The operational policy was missing a section on infant safe sleep.

Critical Corrected

A member of the household turned 14 over a year ago and the background check was not submitted for her.

Moderate Corrected

CCR was not notified about a potentially unsafe situation.

Serious Corrected

The operation was observed caring for fourteen children.

Critical Corrected

A household member that is ineligible was caring for fourteen children alone. The permit holder was not present in care.

Critical Corrected

A 9 month old infant was observed in a bouncer sleep.

Critical Corrected

The operation was observed caring for fourteen children. The capacity on the permit is twelve.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up the operatoin remained deficient and did not have the fence around the air conditioner unit in the backyard safe for the children in care.

Serious Corrected

The fence around the air conditioner unit in the backyard was not installed properly and presented a hazard for the children in care to have access to the fan blades of the unit.

Moderate Corrected

The operation allowed 3 children under the age of 2 years old to watch television.

Serious Corrected

The operation had 2 children in care under 17 months and 7 children in care over the age of 18 months. The operation was out of ratio by three children.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up it was observed that the operation had hazards in the outdoor play area that were removed during inspection: bottle of lighter fluid, wooden stick with nail, wooden stake, and broken plastic peices

Moderate Corrected

Two out of four childrens files did not have a signed health statement. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver called the parent and received permission to check that the children will be going to the doctor within 12 months and that they have been to the doctor and are healthy enough to be in care.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up it was observed that the primary caregiver was missing some of the required pre-service trainings.

Moderate Corrected

During the follow up the operations two dogs still did not have current statement of health.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up it was observed that the operation still did not have current proof of vaccinations for two dogs observed in the operation.

Moderate Corrected

Two out of four childrens files did not have a signed health statement.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have cribs for the infants in care.

Moderate Corrected

Operational policy did not include the operations two pets.

Moderate Corrected

The operations two dogs did not have current statement of health.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did have current product certification form available for review.

Critical Corrected

It was observed that a 4 month old child had a bottle propped in their mouth with blankets.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have a fire extinquisher mounted at the operation.

Serious Corrected

The primary caregiver did not have pre-service training completed.

Moderate Corrected

It was observed that children less than two years were watching television at the operation.

Serious Corrected

The operation had broken toys/child equipment in the outdoor play area. It was observed that the operation also had animal feces in the outdoor play area.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have current emergency drills available for review.

Serious Corrected

There operations two dogs did not have current proof of vaccinations.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have 1 out of 4 children files requested.

Serious Corrected

The home's air conditioner does not have a barrier around it.

Moderate Corrected

The daycare is missing a policy for how parents may visit the daycare center.

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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.