El Paso Center For Children Emergency Shelter
None, TX
Program
- Type
- General residential operation
- Licensed capacity
- 5
- Ages
- 11-17
- Hours
- -
- Director / administrator
- Beatriz Adriana Marin-Olivarez
- Phone
- (915) 562-4765
- Regulated since
- Sep 19, 2017
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1290944 · number 1663041
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | Safety & premises (1) |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | Staff background & training (1) |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | Cleanliness & sanitation (1), Illness & medication (5), Supervision & ratios (2), Discipline & child guidance (1) |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | Supervision & ratios (4), Safety & premises (1), Other (1) |
Enforcement actions
- Seen Oct 1, 2026 — Conditions on permit (HHSC operation record)
HHSC publishes these as current flags on the operation, not as dated actions. The date shown is when this site first saw the flag. The HHSC Child Care Search has the details.
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Aug 20, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 18, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 14, 2026 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 13, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 30, 2026 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Safety & premises Serious
The fire inspection was due 12/17/25. Corrections were needed. Fire inspection failed on 3/19/26. Corrections are still pending for fire inspection pass and approval.
HHSC 748.3105(b) — Fire Inspection-Must comply with local code & all corrections, restrictions, or conditions specified by inspector in fire inspection report
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-05-15. Correction verified 2026-06-04.
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Safety & premises Serious
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Nov 25, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Staff background & training Serious
A staff members Annual Normalcy Training was 8 months late.
HHSC 748.930(b)(3) — Annual Training- Caregivers must have 1 hour normalcy training.
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-12-05. Correction verified 2025-12-03.
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Staff background & training Serious
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May 6, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 20, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 19, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 28, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 28, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 31, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 10, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 2, 2023 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
On the day of the incident only 1 staff member was on shift with 4 youth in care with a level of specialized care. 1 youth was inside with the staff member, while the other 2 youth in care were outside alone unsupervised, which led to them leaving to the pond area to smoke.
HHSC 748.1009 — Child/caregiver ratio-Must employ an adequate number of caregivers to meet the needs of children
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-11-02. Correction verified 2023-11-02.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Oct 18, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 19, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 24, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 18, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Discipline & child guidance Serious
A 17-year-old child in care was unsupervised by a caregiver and was able to obtain and ingest a large amount of an over-the-counter medication.
HHSC 748.1101(b)(1)(B) — Children's rights-Adhere to the child's rights to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-10-23. Correction verified 2023-10-23.
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Illness & medication
After reviewing the observation records for the child in care, the records indicate that the child in care on 8/17/23 at 9:10 PM was in the dining room, when the child in care was actually inside the kitchen via video footage accessing the unlocked medication.
HHSC 748.151(3) — Operational responsibilities - Maintain current, true, accurate, and complete records
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2023-10-23. Correction verified 2023-10-23.
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Illness & medication Serious
A staff member left a medication cabinet unlocked in the kitchen and accessible to a child in care.
HHSC 748.2101(2) — Medication Storage-Keep medication inaccessible other than to employees responsible for stored medication
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-10-23. Correction verified 2023-10-23.
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Illness & medication Serious
A staff member did not provide the level of supervision to be aware of a child in care opening a window and climbing into the kitchen to have access to the medication cabinet and in digesting the medication.
HHSC 748.685(a)(3) — Caregiver responsibility - being aware of and accountable for each child's on-going activity
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-10-23. Correction verified 2023-10-23.
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Discipline & child guidance Serious
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Aug 17, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Illness & medication
After a review of 3 different prescribed medications to a child in care. The prescribed medication logs did not provide a reason why the medications were being prescribed for.
HHSC 748.2151(c)(3) — Medication record - must include reason medication was prescribed, for prescription medication
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2023-09-14. Correction verified 2023-09-13.
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Illness & medication
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Jun 23, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 15, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 30, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 28, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Illness & medication Serious
A child in care was not taking their medications as prescribed.
HHSC 748.2003(b)(5) — Administration of prescription medication-Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2023-04-20. Correction verified 2023-05-01.
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Illness & medication Serious
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Mar 20, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 14, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Cleanliness & sanitation Serious
During the walkthrough of the inspection, there were two expired items (3/14/23) and one unlabeled prodcut (no expiration date on it).
HHSC 748.3441(a) — Food Preparation-Food & drinks must be of safe quality, stored, prepared, distributed, & served under sanitary & safe conditions
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2023-04-04.
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Cleanliness & sanitation Serious
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Feb 23, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 21, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios Serious
On the day of the incident only 1 staff member was on shift with 4 youth in care with a level of specialized care. 1 youth was inside with the staff member, while the other 2 youth in care were outside alone unsupervised, which led to them leaving to the pond area to smoke.
HHSC 748.1009 — Child/caregiver ratio-Must employ an adequate number of caregivers to meet the needs of children
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2023-03-24. Correction verified 2023-11-02.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Feb 16, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 9, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 2, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 24, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 21, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 5, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 4, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 28, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 20, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 10, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 8, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 3, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios
The unauthorized debriefing did not include the trauma informed strategies a child can use to avoid future unauthorized absences and how the operation can support those strategies.
HHSC 748.455(a)(2) — Unauthorized Absence?Debrief include trauma informed strategies child can use to avoid future unauth absences & how op. can support strategies
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2023-01-11. Correction verified 2023-01-11.
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Supervision & ratios
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Nov 4, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 3, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
During a walk-through of the oeration, one of the Boys Restrooms was observed with insects. Follow-up was conducted on 11/3/2022. The restroom is still beinf worked upon. Should be completed by 11/17/2022.
HHSC 748.3301(h) — Physical Site-The building must be free of rodents and insects
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-11-17. Correction verified 2022-11-18.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Oct 6, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 6, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 3, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Safety & premises Serious
A staff member shut the door to the youth's room to call emergency services instead of assessing the youth for an injury.
HHSC 748.507(1) — Employee general responsibilities-Demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-11-28. Correction verified 2022-11-28.
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Safety & premises Serious
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Oct 2, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios Serious
On the day of the incident, the youth care worker was caring for 7 children alone.
HHSC 748.1003(a) — Child/caregiver ratio-Caregiver may care for 5 children if any require tx svcs, 8 children if not; children under 5 yrs old count as 2 children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-10-31. Correction verified 2022-10-28.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Sep 28, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 24, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 20, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 10, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 28, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Other Serious
Staff advised youths that were planning to run away to avoid using the windows to prevent property damage and use the main entrance instead.
HHSC 748.507(1) — Employee general responsibilities-Demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-05.
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Other Serious
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Jun 27, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
During a walk-through of the oeration, one of the Boys Restrooms was observed with insects.
HHSC 748.3301(h) — Physical Site-The building must be free of rodents and insects
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-07-05. Correction verified 2022-11-03.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Jun 21, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 18, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 7, 2022 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 29, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 3, 2021 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 1, 2021 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 31, 2021 Report · 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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- 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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Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, via 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.