Brighter Beginnings Child Care & Learning Center, INC.
20144 FM 1130, Orange, TX 77632 · Orange County
Program
- Type
- Licensed center
- Licensed capacity
- 90
- Ages
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Director / administrator
- Elizabeth Hayes
- Phone
- (409) 745-9505
- Regulated since
- Jan 15, 2016
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1193238 · number 1579486
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | Supervision & ratios (2) |
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Sep 11, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 17, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 4, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
A child was able to exit the operation, leave the premises of the operation and walk a far distance toward the intersection of a highway. The operation learned of the child?s whereabouts from a parent arriving and stating they saw a child walking down the road. Operation staff then drove in their vehicle to get the child and bring him back to the operation.
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 2025-08-04. Correction verified 2025-08-04.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Jun 25, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 23, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios Serious
A child was able to exit the operation, leave the premises of the operation and walk a far distance toward the intersection of a highway. The operation learned of the child?s whereabouts from a parent arriving and stating they saw a child walking down the road. Operation staff then drove in their vehicle to get the child and bring him back to the operation.
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 2025-08-04. Correction verified 2025-08-04.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Sep 25, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 2, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 25, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 15, 2021 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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- 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, 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.