# Colorado City Isd Early Head Start

Colorado City Isd Early Head Start is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Colorado City, TX serving ages Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, with 24 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 1242 E 10th St, Colorado City, TX 79512

- Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Capacity: 24
- License/permit: 1634891
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (325) 728-3471

- Hours: 07:30 AM-03:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: no
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=1256161

## Inspection record
7 findings across 10 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-03-01 to 2026-09-22); 4 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2026-08-21 — Fire safety & emergency drills, High risk, Correction verified 2026-09-22: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for: During an evacuation, caregivers did not know the number of children in their care. As a result the caregivers evacuated the classroom without accounting for all children, and one child remained in the classroom. (§746.1205(a)(2); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-2))
- 2026-08-21 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2026-09-22: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A child was left alone in a classroom during an evacuation after caregivers and other children in the classroom evacuated. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))
- 2025-08-18 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium risk, Correction verified 2025-08-26: Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records: Current certificates for Health and Safety Trainings were not available in the employee files. (§746.801(3); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-801-3))
- 2023-01-05 — Supervision & ratios, Medium risk, Correction verified 2023-01-05: Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list: The employee list was last validated on 08/19/2022. (§745.651(2)(A); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-651-2-a))
- 2022-03-01 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2022-03-09: Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Arranged for Supervision: During the monitoring inspection trash was observed on the outdoor playground where children in care play.  Bird feces was also observed on a slide children in care were utilizing during outdoor play time.  There was also an entrapment hazard observed between two gates on the outdoor playground. (§746.4601(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-4601-1))
- 2022-03-01 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-high risk, Corrected at inspection: Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes: The last documented fire drill was for 1/28/22.  There wasn't a monthly fire drill documented for February of 2022.  A fire drill was conducted during the inspection, bringing the operation back into compliance. (§746.5205(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-5205-1))
- 2022-03-01 — Records, permits & program, Medium risk, Correction verified 2022-03-09: Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation: The last Child Care Regulation inspection posted was for 9/9/2019. (§746.401(2); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-401-2))

## Nearby programs
- [Days of Grace Kids Care](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1416323) — 0.77 km, capacity 152

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 1256161 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=1256161
- us_census_geocoder record 1242 E 10TH ST|COLORADO CITY|TX|79512 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/
- tx_twc_subsidy_providers record 1634891 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/wmur-pmzc.json?state_id=1634891

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