# Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center)

Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center) is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Big Spring, TX serving ages Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 75 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 1001 Birdwell Ln, Big Spring, TX 79720

- Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 75
- License/permit: 506810
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (432) 264-5185

- Hours: 07:00 AM-05:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: yes
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=134957

## Inspection record
2 findings across 13 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-09-16 to 2026-06-02); 1 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2025-05-28 — Supervision & ratios, Medium risk, Correction verified 2025-06-24: Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries: This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation staff did not notify the parent or authorized pick-up person, at pick up time, that their child fell hitting their head and complained of wrist pain while in care at the operation. (§746.307(c); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-307-c))
- 2024-09-03 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2024-09-24: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. Two children walked out of the operation unnoticed and remained unsupervised outdoors for over two minutes. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))

## Nearby programs
- [Big Spring YMCA Kids Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1425110) — 1.87 km, capacity 61
- [JHS Texas Operations LLC DBA Jack & Jill School Child Care C](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1453475) — 1.96 km, capacity 190
- [Bauer School Readiness Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1122948) — 3.01 km, capacity 198
- [New Hope Christian School](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-217299) — 3.42 km, capacity 175

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 134957 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=134957
- us_census_geocoder record 1001 BIRDWELL LN|BIG SPRING|TX|79720 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/
- tx_twc_subsidy_providers record 506810 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/wmur-pmzc.json?state_id=506810
- tx_twc_ccs_facilities record row-xwed~jdme.kyct (historical, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bsvz-ncuc.json?state_id=506810
- tx_tda_cacfp_centers record 02501-1001 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/py3b-tqc9.json?cesiteid=02501-1001

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-134957 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.