Carter Day Care Center
48 PATTERSON, Boys Ranch, TX 79010 · Oldham County
Program
- Type
- Licensed center
- Licensed capacity
- 51
- Ages
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:00 PM
- Director / administrator
- Traci Thomas
- Phone
- (806) 533-1283
- Regulated since
- Apr 25, 1988
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 104732 · number 235787
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | Other (1) |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | Records & paperwork (1) |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | Supervision & ratios (1) |
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Aug 20, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 15, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 10, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 9, 2026 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Other
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver placed their feet on a child to keep the child from getting up from the nap mat and stop them from child flailing their feet.
HHSC 746.2905(1) — Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2026-08-06. Correction verified 2026-08-20.
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Other
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Feb 2, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 30, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 5, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Records & paperwork
The last three months of playground checklists were not available for review at inspection. **The director corrected this at inspection by completing the checklist.
HHSC 746.801(8) — Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2025-03-05.
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Records & paperwork
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May 14, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 11, 2024 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child that exited the classroom and was found unsupervised outside.
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 2024-05-10. Correction verified 2024-05-14.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Apr 2, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 27, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 15, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 14, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
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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- HHSC Open Records Coordinator, MC-1070 · OpenRecordsRequest@hhs.texas.gov · fax 512-424-6586 · 4601 W. Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751-3146 · agency instructions
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If something is happening now, report a concern to HHSC Child Care Regulation. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.
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.