# Mildred M Chaffin Head Start

Mildred M Chaffin Head Start is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Odessa, TX serving ages Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 240 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 1000 S Grant Ave, Odessa, TX 79761

- Ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 240
- License/permit: 132151- 1026
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (432) 337-4414

- Hours: 07:30 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=96775

## Inspection record
2 findings across 11 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-05-19 to 2026-05-14); 2 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2023-10-18 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2023-11-09: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: This standard was evaluated and was found to be out of compliance. A staff grabbed a child by one arm and dragged the child on the floor, down the hallway to the classroom. (§746.2805(3); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2805-3))
- 2023-10-18 — Other, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-11-09: Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance: This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. A staff failed to use a positive form of discipline to get a child to cooperate. (§746.2803(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2803-4))

## Nearby programs
- [Hollingsworth Head Start Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-133172) — 0.1 km, capacity 119
- [Right at School at Milam Elementary](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1527345) — 1.17 km, capacity 50
- [First  Methodist Church Children's Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-731808) — 1.36 km, capacity 204
- [Woodson Young Scholars Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-292528) — 1.4 km, capacity 55
- [Bellflower Academy](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1531265) — 1.5 km, capacity 31
- [Arbor Terrace Head Start Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-192925) — 1.54 km, capacity 35

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 96775 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=96775
- us_census_geocoder record 1000 S GRANT AVE|ODESSA|TX|79761 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-96775 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.