Bess Knapp Child Development And Child Care

600 S KANSAS AVE, Weslaco, TX 78596 · Hidalgo County

3cited violations

0serious

7inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 170
Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
Director / administrator: Clarissa Zamora
Phone: (956) 969-2894
Regulated since: Nov 1, 1989
HHSC IDs: Operation 107651 · number 246707
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Safety & premises 1
Food & allergies 1
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2022	3	0	Safety & premises (1), Food & allergies (1), Other (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Nov 5, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Nov 8, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Dec 18, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Aug 3, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Aug 2, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Dec 20, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 31, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Food & allergies
  Observed the television on during mealtime. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION television was turned off at the time of inspection.
  
  HHSC 746.2207(c)(4) — Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2022-01-31.
- Other
  Annual health inspection has not been updated. Last inspected on 2/7/2020.
  
  HHSC 746.3401(a) — Annual Sanitation Inspection
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-02-07. Correction verified 2022-02-11.
- Safety & premises
  Wooden fence in the outdoor playground was missing a link and had an opening accessible to the children at the time of inspection.
  
  HHSC 746.3407 — Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-02-04. Correction verified 2022-02-03.
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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Send to: 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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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 Bess Knapp Child Development and Child Care, 600 S KANSAS AVE, Weslaco, TX 78596-6218 (operation ID 107651, operation number 246707), 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]

If something is happening now, report a concern to HHSC Child Care Regulation. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.

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.