A Childs Forest House
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #1819477, issued January 15, 2026.
- Address
- 15800 Crossroads Dr., Austin, TX 78717
- Phone
- (469) 909-9751
- Licensed capacity
- 55 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Before School Care, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,922 standards at A Childs Forest House between July 30, 2025 and July 28, 2026 and recorded 5 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 371 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 332 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 469 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 234 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 90 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 268 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,920 of those standards. The remaining 2, including 0 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
Ask about an opening
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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 7, 2026, and 5 citations.
- 1Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 5. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium November 6, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.801(10): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors
While reviewing records there was no documentation available for monthly fire alarm, co2 detector, and fire extinguisher checks since 8/29/25.
- Medium November 6, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.901: Required Personnel Records
Out of 3 personnel records reviewed, 3 did not have a pre-affidavit, 1 did not have an affidavit, 2 did not have a diploma, 1 did not sign proof they received operational policies, 3 did not sign proof that they received orientation, 3 did not certify that they had previous child care experience indicating they do not need pre-service, and 3 did not have training records available for review.
- Medium November 6, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.401(2): Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation
The most recent inspection form was not posted.
- Medium High November 6, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.1305(b): Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months
Out of 3 caregiver files reviewed, 2 did not have proof of pre-service training for SIDs, Shaken Baby, and Early Brain Development.
- Medium November 6, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.4751(d): Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Keep Records for 3 Months
The director was checking the operation daily for maintenance and repair needs, but was not documenting it and did not have the required monthly general maintenance checklist available at inspection.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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