ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Pasadena Head Start Center

902 WAFER ST, PASADENA, TX 77506

License #835981- 4491 | Expires: Sep 8, 2004

Day Care Center
Type
220
Capacity
32
Inspections
16
Violations

Compliance Summary

10
Critical
1
Serious
4
Moderate
1
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Dec 18, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 16, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 6, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 28, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 24, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Oct 20, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 15, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Aug 23, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 26, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 5, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 1, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Jan 31, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 17, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 10, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 2
Dec 13, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 5, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 6
Feb 6, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 25, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 16, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 12, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
May 12, 2022 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 25, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Apr 21, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 18, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 14, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 2
Feb 25, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Feb 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 11, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Moderate Corrected

During the investigation it was found that on 10/15/2025, the parent noticed there was something wrong with her child's arm, the emergency room physician diagnosed the child with nursemaid elbow. The parent notified the director that her child?s arm was injured and required medical treatment. The director did not report the concerns to Licensing.

Corrected: Nov 21, 2025

Moderate Corrected

During the records review the background checks werent validated

Corrected: Apr 15, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was revealed that a caregiver was yelling at the children at the operation.

Corrected: Mar 22, 2024

Critical Corrected

A caregiver failed to appropriately intervene during a disciplinary incident at the operation.

Corrected: Mar 22, 2024

Serious Corrected

CCR staff was not notified of a disciplinary incident which caused an injury requiring medical attention.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Critical Corrected

Camera footage revealed that a caregiver harshly/aggressively pulled a chair out from under a child while her arms and legs were within her shirt, resulting in the child hitting her head on the ground and suffering a concussion.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Critical Corrected

A caregiver failed to appropriately intervene during a disciplinary incident at the facility which resulted in an injury.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Moderate Corrected

A child's record was not available for DFPS staff review during the investigation.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Critical Corrected

DFPS staff determined there was reason to believe that physical abuse occurred at the operation.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Moderate Corrected

A caregiver's file was not made available for DFPS review during the investigation.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2023

Critical Corrected

A caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child when the child was picked up by their arm and dragged out of the classroom because the child took off their shoes during naptime.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information obtained, it was determined the staff did not supervise the children properly when a child walked out to the parking lot.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information obtained, it was determined caregiver did not use good judgement when a parent was provided with incorrect information regarding a child that was left unsupervised. The substitute caregiver was not equipped to handle the drop off/pick up procedures.

Critical Corrected

It was found that a child was left unattended in the classroom for 12 minutes.

Critical Corrected

It was found that the caregiver failed to do count before and after going outside and did not notice that a child was left in the classroom.

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

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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