# Westside Community Dcc Westside Community Dcc is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Big Spring, TX serving ages Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 85 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC. ## Key facts - Status: Full Permit · Operating - Address: 2300 Simler Big Spring Ind Par Bldg 449, Big Spring, TX 79720 - Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School - Capacity: 85 - License/permit: 114556 - Operator: not published - Phone: (432) 263-7841 - Hours: 07:30 AM-05:00 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri) - Accepts child care subsidies: no - Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=96079 ## Inspection record 14 findings across 10 Texas HHSC inspections (2021-11-09 to 2025-12-15); 12 rated serious; 0 open at last record. - 2025-01-23 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-low risk, Correction verified 2025-02-07: Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912): Two new employees hired after September 2023 do not have a preemployment affidavit in their file. (§746.901(5); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-901-5)) - 2025-01-23 — Staff qualifications & clearances, High risk, Correction verified 2025-02-07: Required Immunizations: Four children did not have a current record of immunizations. Two children did not have any record and two children were missing the 4th and 3rd set of immunizations for Dtap, Hib, Hep A, and PCV. (§746.613(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-613-a)) - 2024-06-10 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2024-06-20: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for: Two caregivers did not know how many children were in the room. One care giver stated she had six children but did not know how many children total in the napping room. Another caregiver stated there were six children in her care but seven were counted. (§746.1205(a)(2); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-2)) - 2024-06-10 — Sanitation & hygiene, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2024-07-01: Annual Sanitation Inspection: The health inspection is past due as of March 2024. (§746.3401(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-3401-a)) - 2024-06-10 — Food & nutrition, Medium risk, Correction verified 2024-06-20: Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days: A 3-month old infant not yet on table food does not have current writen feeding instructions signed by the parent. The last update was april22, 2024. (§746.2421(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2421-b)) - 2024-06-10 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2024-06-20: Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers: An infant under two months, able to roll self, was sleeping in the crib face down with a bib around the neck. (§746.2401(6); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2401-6)) - 2024-06-10 — Facilities & equipment, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2024-07-01: Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less: Loose-fill gravel on the pre-k playground, around slide fall zones and ends of slides is less than one inch deep. the highest slide is five feet. The smaler slide is three feet high. (§746.4907(a)(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-4907-a-1)) - 2024-06-10 — Staff qualifications & clearances, High risk, Correction verified 2024-06-20: Required Immunizations: Two children do not have current immunizations. A 16 month old has a reocord of only the first immunizations. A 12 month old infant only has a record of one immunization. (§746.613(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-613-a)) - 2024-06-10 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2024-06-20: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A caregiver allowed the group of seven 18m - 24m children to walk without supervision from the napping room to their classroom. Another two or three year old walked from the napping room to the pre-k three room without supervision. A caregiver left the group of seven school age children alone in the classroom to put away a tray in the kitchen. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4)) - 2024-06-10 — Fire safety & emergency drills, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2024-07-01: Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap: Two slide exit use zones overlap on the pre-k playground, posing a risk of injury to children. (§746.4805(d); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-4805-d)) - 2024-06-10 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2024-07-01: Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training: A caregiver left alone with children, hired August 18, 2021, and without two years caregiver experience did not have 24 hours preservice training, 24 hours annual training for the 1rst year 2021 - 2022, nor 24 hours annual training for the second year 2022 - 2023. (§746.1301(a)(2)(A); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1301-a-2-a)) - 2023-09-19 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-09-29: Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current: Two children in care did not have current record of immunizations. They are missing their 12m - 18 month immunizations. One child did not have a record of immunizations. (§746.613(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-613-b)) - 2023-09-19 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-09-29: CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based: A caregiver left alone with children did not have current certification in CPR/first aid. Expired 8/19/23. (§746.1315(b)(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1315-b-1)) - 2023-09-19 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-09-29: Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required: One caregiver and the director did not have current training in SIDS, Shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development. One expired June 2023 and the other on May 2023. (§746.1309(d); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1309-d)) ## Sources - tx_hhsc_operations record 96079 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=96079 - tx_twc_subsidy_providers record 114556 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/wmur-pmzc.json?state_id=114556 - tx_twc_ccs_facilities record row-mekj_ek3e_8nf7 (historical, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bsvz-ncuc.json?state_id=114556 - tx_tda_cacfp_centers record 06908-0182 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-06): https://data.texas.gov/resource/py3b-tqc9.json?cesiteid=06908-0182 --- Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-96079 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.