Monahans Head Start

804 S DWIGHT AVE, Monahans, TX 79756 · Ward County

8cited violations

5serious

19inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 60
Ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 07:30 AM-03:30 PM
Director / administrator: Rosa Madrid
Phone: (432) 943-2454
Regulated since: Mar 15, 2011
HHSC IDs: Operation 827108 · number 1282806- 1026
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Illness & medication 1
Supervision & ratios 6
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2025	3	3	Supervision & ratios (2), Other (1)
2023	3	2	Supervision & ratios (3)
2022	1	0	Illness & medication (1)
2021	1	0	Supervision & ratios (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Apr 14, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Nov 5, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Oct 21, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Oct 17, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  This standard was found to be out of compliance when the caregivers left a child outside for approximately 1 - 2 minutes.
  
  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 2025-10-23. Correction verified 2025-11-05.
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Oct 2, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Sep 30, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  This standard was found to be out of compliance when caregivers left a child sleeping in the classroom alone for over 5 minutes.
  
  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 2025-10-20. Correction verified 2025-10-21.
- Other Serious
  This standard was found to be out of compliance. The parent was not notified immediately or six minutes later at pick up, that their child was left unsupervised. The parent was notified 41 minutes after staff became aware of the incident.
  
  HHSC 746.307(b)(4) — Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2025-10-20. Correction verified 2025-10-21.
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Apr 23, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Aug 29, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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May 2, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Feb 5, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Dec 4, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Oct 24, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance when an operation staff grabbed the back of a child's shirt with both hands at the back of the shoulders to lift and force the child to walk forward, causing the child to trip and fall and the staff to fall on the child.
  
  HHSC 746.1201(1) — Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-01-24. Correction verified 2024-02-05.
- Supervision & ratios
  This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance when the operation failed to communicate with the parent of a child, that a staff accidentally fell on the child.
  
  HHSC 746.307(c) — Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2024-01-24. Correction verified 2024-02-05.
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Oct 19, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Oct 12, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance when caregivers left a child napping in the classroom for a time period of less than one minute.
  
  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 2023-11-27. Correction verified 2023-12-04.
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Oct 10, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

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Sep 7, 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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Jan 6, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
- Illness & medication
  Operation failed to notify licensing of a reportable communicable illness within the required timeframe.
  
  HHSC 746.305(a)(4) — Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-01-07. Correction verified 2022-01-07.
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Nov 9, 2021 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios
  The child care center's operational policies did not include the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.
  
  HHSC 746.501(a)(18) — Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2021-11-16. Correction verified 2021-11-15.
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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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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 Monahans Head Start, 804 S DWIGHT AVE, Monahans, TX 79756-5126 (operation ID 827108, operation number 1282806- 1026), 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]

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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.