Diapers To Denim

3500 8TH ST, Port Arthur, TX 77642 · Jefferson County

3cited violations

0serious

5inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed child-care home
Licensed capacity: 12
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 07:00 AM-05:00 PM
Director / administrator: Melanie Manuel
Phone: (409) 963-8622
Regulated since: Dec 6, 2006
HHSC IDs: Operation 296746 · number 861327
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Illness & medication 1
Staff background & training 1
Records & paperwork 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	3	0	Illness & medication (1), Staff background & training (1), Records & paperwork (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Apr 7, 2026 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training
  After reviewing employee list on 4/6/2026. Employee list was last validated on 12/5/2024.
  
  HHSC 745.651(2)(B) — Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2026-04-07. Correction verified 2026-04-08.
- Records & paperwork
  During the inspection, the emeregency practice drills for the current or previous year was not available for review.
  
  HHSC 747.117(b) — Permit holder responsibilities- Licensed Homes
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-04-10. Correction verified 2026-04-09.
- Illness & medication
  During the inspection, there were 3 out of 8 files viewed with no updated immunization record available for review. There was 1 out of 8 files viewed that did not have their immunization record available for review.
  
  HHSC 747.613(b) — Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2026-04-14. Correction verified 2026-04-09.
HHSC inspection history
Jun 2, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jun 20, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jul 27, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Sep 8, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history

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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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Send to: 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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Letter text

Dear Open Records Coordinator,

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 552, I request copies of the following Child Care Regulation records for Diapers to Denim, 3500 8TH ST, Port Arthur, TX 77642-3425 (operation ID 296746, operation number 861327), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every inspection, assessment and investigation report, including the deficiencies cited and the operation's corrective actions.
2. Every complaint and self-report intake and its finding.
3. Every corrective or adverse action (evaluation, probation, suspension, revocation, denial, administrative penalty) with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of action or correction the operation submitted, and HHSC's response.

I understand that information made confidential by law (for example the identities of children, families and reporters) may be redacted; please release the remainder. Please provide the records electronically by email. If the cost will exceed $40, please send me an itemized estimate first.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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.