Handprints Child Care 21 LLC
900 W GROVE ST, Kaufman, TX 75142 · Kaufman County
Program
- Type
- Licensed center
- Licensed capacity
- 224
- Ages
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Director / administrator
- Stephanie Ewing
- Phone
- (972) 932-7049
- Regulated since
- Jun 16, 2020
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1342578 · number 1699296
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | Supervision & ratios (1), Safety & premises (1) |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | Other (1) |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | Supervision & ratios (1) |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | Supervision & ratios (1), Discipline & child guidance (1), Safety & premises (3), Records & paperwork (1) |
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Apr 16, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 31, 2026 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 31, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 23, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 6, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 5, 2026 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios
This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A child who is a known runner was able to run toward and fall through the fence on the playground and escape.
HHSC 746.1203(4) — Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-02-20. Correction verified 2026-02-23.
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Safety & premises
This deficiency was tasked as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. The fence on the playground had damages which caused a child to fall through and escape without injuries.
HHSC 746.4751(c) — Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-03-31. Correction verified 2026-03-31.
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Supervision & ratios
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May 1, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 7, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Other
This standard was tasked over for this investigation conducted by DFPS and found to be deficient. Following this investigation, it was determined that caregiver(s) did not notify that parents of the accident and/or injury in a timely manner. Parents were not notified of the child's discomfort until the afternoon, and the child was showing signs of discomfort throughout the day.
HHSC 746.307(b)(1) — AP Parental Communication - Injury Requires Treatment by Health Care Professional or Hospitalization
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-05-07. Correction verified 2025-05-07.
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Other
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Jul 10, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 8, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 21, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 7, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 29, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 27, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found to be deficient. The caregiver did not have auditory or visual awareness of 2 children when they were allowed to return into the building alone.
HHSC 746.1205(a)(4) — Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-10-23. Correction verified 2023-11-07.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Jul 18, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 28, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Safety & premises
None of the cots or cribs were labeled.
HHSC 746.4503(b) — Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2022-11-04. Correction verified 2022-10-28.
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Safety & premises
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Oct 26, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Discipline & child guidance
The amount of time the children sit in time out at the operation is not consistent with the ages of the children in care.
HHSC 746.2803(4)(D) — Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-10-28.
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Supervision & ratios
The operation recieved a minor citation on their sanitation inspection conducted on 9/28/2022 for kitchen staff not having food handlers certification. The kitchen staff still has not completed a food handers certification course.
HHSC 746.3405 — Corrections Made to Annual Sanitation Inspection
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-11-04. Correction verified 2022-10-31.
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Discipline & child guidance
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Sep 20, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Records & paperwork
5 caregivers had affidavits that were not notarized.
HHSC 746.901(4) — Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2022-10-20. Correction verified 2022-10-17.
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Records & paperwork
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Jun 9, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 27, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Safety & premises Serious
Two children were sitting in restrictive devices while inside of the crib, causing the crib to not be bare of anything other than the child. This was corrected when the caregivers removed the restrictive devices from inside of the crib.
HHSC 746.2415(b) — AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-05-27.
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Safety & premises Serious
Two children were observed sleeping in restrictive devices. This was corrected when the children were removed from the restrictive device and placed in the crib.
HHSC 746.2426 — Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-05-27.
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Safety & premises Serious
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May 19, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 8, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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HHSC publishes inspections, investigations and assessments from October 2017 onward, with each cited deficiency and its risk weight. Investigation narratives, complaint files and older history require a public information request. The Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why.
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Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation datasets on data.texas.gov. Last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is HHSC's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan. About this data.