Unity Child Care

827 TURNEY DR, Houston, TX 77038 · Harris County

14cited violations

2serious

7inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 49
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 06:00 AM-06:30 PM
Director / administrator: Sarita Flores
Phone: (281) 999-3271
Regulated since: Dec 11, 2002
HHSC IDs: Operation 218027 · number 823760
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Supervision & ratios 1
Safety & premises 2
Food & allergies 1
Staff background & training 2
Records & paperwork 4
Other 4

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	1	0	Other (1)
2025	12	2	Supervision & ratios (1), Safety & premises (2), Food & allergies (1), Staff background & training (1), Records & paperwork (4), Other (3)
2024	1	0	Staff background & training (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Jan 6, 2026 Assessment · Deficiencies cited
- Other
  A composite structure with swings is being used on the playground.
  
  HHSC 746.4701(c) — Requirements for Swings - Not Attached to a Composite Structure
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-01-13. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
HHSC inspection history
Dec 29, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training Serious
  The operational policies is lacking the following information: 1. A suspension and expulsion policy. 2. Safe sleep policy for infants 12 months and younger. 3. The type of indoor and outdoor activities the children will participate in. 4. The setting of indoor and outdoor physical activities. 5. The criteria used when weather prevents outdoor play. 6. The plan for physical activity when outdoor play is limited. 7. Inform mother's of a comfortable place to breastfeed and they have the right to provide breast milk. 8. Annual staff training requirements in child abuse and neglect. 9. Steps the center will take to increase staff and parent awareness and prevention techniques regarding child abuse and neglect. 10. Community organizations the center will partner with. 11. Actions a parent of a ch8ild who is a victim of abuse should take to obtain assistance. 12. Staff vaccination policy. 13. Inform parents the center is in a gang free zone.
  
  HHSC 746.201(1) — Policies Comply with Rules
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Other Serious
  Two children were observed napping with strings attached to their pacifiers. This was corrected at inspection.
  
  HHSC 746.2401(6) — Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2025-12-29.
- Food & allergies
  The amount of food eaten is not being documented on the daily report sheet. This was corrected at inspection.
  
  HHSC 746.2431(2) — Infant Daily Report - Times and Amount of Food
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2025-12-29.
- Safety & premises
  The handle to the passenger door of one van is missing.
  
  HHSC 746.3407 — Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Other
  Parents have not been provided with the correct website to review the center's compliance history online.
  
  HHSC 746.521(5)(B) — Parent right to receive information access compliance history
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Other
  Parents have not been pr]provided with the correct contact information for the local Child Care Regulation Office.
  
  HHSC 746.521(7) — Parent right to receive contact information for CCR
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Safety & premises
  All of the booster and sfaety seats on both vehicles used for transportation are expired.
  
  HHSC 746.5607(b) — Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-12-31. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Records & paperwork
  Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 3 lacked the requirdd infformation regarding special needs.
  
  HHSC 746.605(12) — Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Supervision & ratios
  Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 1 lacked a health statement from a health care professional.
  
  HHSC 746.611(a)(1) — Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation's child-care program
  
  HHSC risk weight: Low. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Records & paperwork
  Of the 6 children's records evaluated, 1 lacked a parent signed health statement that includes the name and address of the doctor who examined the child within the last 12 months.
  
  HHSC 746.611(a)(3) — Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2026-01-12. Correction verified 2026-01-07.
- Records & paperwork
  Of the 6 personnel records evaluated, 2 lacked the pre-employment affidavit. This was corrected at inspection.
  
  HHSC 746.901(5) — Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2025-12-29.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 21, 2025 Assessment · Deficiencies cited
- Records & paperwork
  The number of employees leaving employment was not reported by the deadline.
  
  HHSC 746.303(b) — Report Number of Employees
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2025-01-21. Correction verified 2025-01-22.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 2, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 3, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Staff background & training
  One caregiver did not have current tranining in pediatric First Aid/CPR.
  
  HHSC 746.1301(a)(3)(A) — Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-01-08. Correction verified 2024-01-09.
HHSC inspection history
Jan 3, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 3, 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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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 Unity Child Care, 827 TURNEY DR, Houston, TX 77038-3921 (operation ID 218027, operation number 823760), 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.

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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.