Alafia Haven
3542 N MERCURY AVE, Odessa, TX 79764 · Ector County
Program
- Type
- General residential operation
- Licensed capacity
- 13
- Ages
- 3-17
- Hours
- -
- Director / administrator
- Tomisin Dorcas Adenuga
- Phone
- (432) 400-4664
- Regulated since
- May 27, 2025
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1472934 · number 1793529
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | Supervision & ratios (3), Safety & premises (1), Staff background & training (2), Records & paperwork (1), Other (1) |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | Illness & medication (1), Records & paperwork (2), Other (2) |
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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Jun 12, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 26, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 22, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 15, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 10, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 17, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 22, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 20, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 17, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 7, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Records & paperwork
During the inspection, 2 staff did not have documentation of a TB test. 1 staff has been having contact with children in care for over 2 months and another staff for over 5 months.
HHSC 748.363(6) — Personnel records- Include copy of a cleared tuberculosis screening conducted prior to the person having contact with children in care.
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Supervision & ratios
During the inspection, there was not a staff member on site who could provide records for immediate review. Licensing representatives waited approximately 45 minutes for a staff member to arrive on site for assistance. Licensing representatives then had to wait an additional 45 minutes for records to start being provided, upon the staff member arriving to the operation and having a scheduled interview with a potential employee. There was not another staff member who could provide records.
HHSC 748.399(a) — Records Available for Licensing-all active records immediately available for review and reproduction
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Safety & premises
During the inspection, 4 employee records did not have documentation of references contacted or there was incomplete or partial information listed.
HHSC 748.751(a)(2) — Pre-Employment Screening-You must contact the employer to verify if the applicant was employed as described in the applicant's employment history.
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Supervision & ratios
During the inspection, 4 employee files did not have documentation of verification of employment made by the operation. Some documentation regarding verification of employment was incomplete or there was some partial information listed.
HHSC 748.751(b)(2) — Pre-Employment Screening-You must document the results of any contact with an applicant's previous employers in the personnel file.
HHSC risk weight: Medium Low. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Staff background & training
During the inspection, 1 staff member was found to not have the instructor led medication training.
HHSC 748.869(c) — Training on administering psych. medication must be instructor-led. The instructor must be a health-care professional or pharmacist.
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Staff background & training
During the inspection, 1 staff member did not have the pre-service mandatory reporting training on file and has been employed as of October 2024.
HHSC 748.881(2) — General pre-service training curriculum-Includes measures to prevent, identify, treat, report suspicion of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-04-14. Correction verified 2025-04-12.
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Records & paperwork
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Feb 24, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Other
In a review of admission assessment's, 1 child in cares date of admission was not documented on the admission assessment.
HHSC 748.1205(a)(5) — Admission Documentation-Includes date of admission
HHSC risk weight: Low. Corrected 2025-03-03. Correction verified 2025-03-03.
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Other
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Jan 25, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 24, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 24, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 17, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 16, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 11, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 6, 2025 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
The operation has children in care but hasn't conducted a severe weather drill.
HHSC 748.3239(b) — Evacuation-Must practice severe weather drill at least once every 6 months from date of last severe weather drill
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-01-20. Correction verified 2025-01-13.
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Supervision & ratios
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Dec 30, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 29, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 23, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 20, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 2, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 18, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 10, 2024 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Illness & medication
In a review of documentation provided, one child in care's initial admission assessment did not have documentation of her medications. It was documented that the child is diagnosed with a medical health condition and would take her medications as prescribed, but her medications were not documented on the assessment.
HHSC 748.1205(a)(6) — Admission Documentation-Includes medication the child is taking
HHSC risk weight: Low. Corrected 2025-01-03. Correction verified 2025-01-03.
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Records & paperwork
In a review of documentation provided, one child in care's serious incident report did not have documentation of the parent/managing conservator being notified, along with no date/time for the notification. Additionally, the incident report did not have documentation of the date/time for the notification to law enforcement.
HHSC 748.313(3)(B) — Serious Incident child absent without permission-document notice to parents and law enforcement about child's absence and subsequent location/return
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2025-01-03. Correction verified 2025-01-03.
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Illness & medication
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Nov 7, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 30, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 16, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 11, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 10, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 3, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Records & paperwork
1 out of 2 children rights reviewed were missing signatures.
HHSC 748.1103(d) — Informing child of rights-Person being informed must sign statement indicating he read and understands the rights-signed copy filed in child's record
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2024-09-17.
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Other
2 out of 2 children's files evaluated did not have contraindications to the use of restraint listed on the admission documentation.
HHSC 748.1205(a)(10) — Admission Documentation-Includes known contraindications to the use of restraint
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-09-17. Correction verified 2024-09-18.
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Other
1 out of 2 children's file is missing the results of TB testing.
HHSC 748.1583(a) — TB exam-Persons over 1 yr old who live, work, volunteer at facility have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2024-09-17. Correction verified 2024-09-18.
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Records & paperwork
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Sep 1, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited (self-report)
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jul 22, 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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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.