Center for Transforming Lives ACDC
Licensed Center in Arlington, Texas. License #1490966, issued August 10, 2012.
- Address
- 1120 Uta Blvd, Arlington, TX 76013
- Phone
- (817) 262-5910
- Licensed capacity
- 179 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- transforminglives.org
Programs listed with the state: Accredited, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 12, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 31, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 5,213 standards at Center for Transforming Lives ACDC between August 11, 2022 and August 14, 2026 and recorded 28 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 | 4 | 489 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 628 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 270 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 564 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 376 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,146 of those standards. The remaining 67, including 28 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.
What Center for Transforming Lives ACDC says about itself
Center for Transforming Lives in Fort Worth, Texas, partners with single mothers and their children so they can thrive financially and emotionally.
Quoted from transforminglives.org, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 43 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 18, 2026, and 28 citations.
11 of those visits began with Center for Transforming Lives ACDC reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 19High
- 5Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 28. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 14, 2026 Correction verified September 11, 2026
746.1203(6): Responsibilities of caregivers-Set appropriate behavior expectations
Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver grabbed the child when the child resisted.
- High August 14, 2026 Correction verified September 11, 2026
746.1201(2): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. It is evident that a caregiver grabbed the child who resisted entering the bathroom. The child was in the bathroom for approximately 5-7 minutes.
- High August 14, 2026 Correction verified September 14, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregivers did not conduct face/name checks. As a result, the child was left alone in the classroom.
- Medium High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 24, 2026
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
It was observed that a two year old child did not wash their hands after diaper changing.
- High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 24, 2026
746.2805(7): Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance with the minimum standard rules. There is evident that a caregiver took a two year old child to the closet and remained inside for approximately 1 minute 30 seconds.
- High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 24, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and determined that caregiver did not use good judgment when taking a child to a supplies closet, closed the door and remained inside for 1 minute 30 seconds. It was also observed that another caregiver did not make a good judgment when she had knowledge of the incident and did not notify management in a timely manner.
- High March 3, 2026 Correction verified March 30, 2026
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation. Through video footage, a caregiver was observed forcefully lifting a child from her chair and directing her to a designate area. Child was crying during the incident, no injuries were observed.
- High March 25, 2025 Correction verified April 28, 2025
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be incompliance. Child was left unattended in a classroom and was found by another caregiver in the building.
- High December 6, 2024 Correction verified December 18, 2024
746.1205(a)(4): 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 was found sleeping in a classroom while children are in her care.
- High March 31, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver observer flicked a child nose.
- High March 31, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(7): Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation, and observation by the Childcare Investigator from DFPS, a two year olds child was observed in a toilet for almost two hours.
- High March 31, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver has grabbed a child by upper arms and takes him out of one chair and moves him to another chair.
- High March 31, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver observed leaving the room on 3 different occasions where she has no visual and/or auditorial of the children.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(2): Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver admitted to leaving children sitting on a potty chair for 30 minutes at a time, while potty training.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
This standard was evaluated at the result of the DFPS investigation, and the standard was found to be deficient as the caregiver was found reason to believe for physical abuse. The caregiver was found flick children on the nose and mouth. The caregiver was swatting children on the bottom and slapping them on the cheek. There was bruising to a child thigh where the caregiver was observed to have grabbed the child earlier in the day. Also, as the result of DFPS investigation and the standard was found to be deficient as the second caregiver was found reason to believe for neglect supervision. The second caregiver in the classroom observed the behavior and prohibited discipline by the other caregiver in the room and did not intervene or report it to management.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver was observed on video to forcefully grab a child and place the child forcefully in a chair.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver was observed on video to flic a child on the mouth and nose and slap a child in the face.
- High March 27, 2024 Correction verified May 22, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. The caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment when using excessive force and inappropriate discipline children. The second caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment by not intervene and report to management as she was present in the classroom while her co-worker uses excessive force and inappropriately discipline children.
- High October 19, 2023 Correction verified October 30, 2023
746.2424: Infants sleep in Designated Crib, Cot, Bed, or Mat
An infant fell asleep during floor time. The caregiver stated that the child fell asleep 5 minutes before I observed the classroom. I walked back to the room 10 minutes later and the child was still sleeping on the floor.
- Medium October 19, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.401(2): Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation
The facility did not have the inspection from from the previous inspection posted on the parent board.
- Medium High October 5, 2023 Correction verified October 19, 2023
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The scissors being used in the 2yr old class are specified for use by kindergarden and first grade.
- Medium High October 5, 2023 Correction verified October 19, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
The caregiver who attended to the injured child did not have current first aid training. Her certificate expired in 3/2023.
- Medium April 26, 2023 Correction verified June 2, 2023
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
The caregivers' training files were not available for review upon request during the 04/27/2023 inspection.
- Medium April 26, 2023 Correction verified June 2, 2023
746.801(1): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
The child's file was not available for review upon request during the 04/27/2023 inspection.
- High September 2, 2022 Correction verified October 14, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Three caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they had a 10 minute long conversation amongst themselves while caring for children. Two caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they observed three children rolling around on each other on the carpet and did not intervene. This incident occurred for 2 minutes.
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About this record
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