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Creative Care - Blalock

Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1818437, issued October 6, 2026.

Address
1639 Blalock Rd, Houston, TX 77080
Phone
(713) 465-0011
Licensed capacity
193 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
06:00 AM-06:00 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Not accepted

Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.

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

Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4

A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.

In effect since July 20, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 8, 2026.

Where this is

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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 2,549 standards at Creative Care - Blalock between August 19, 2025 and August 5, 2026 and recorded 11 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 rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication22470
Record keeping22231
Personnel23150
Ratios and group sizes21080
Activities2720
Infants21801
Toddlers2440
Pre-kindergarten2380
School-age2400
Discipline2400
Naptime2240
Field trips2220
Get well care2540
Nighttime care2260
Nutrition and food care2900
Health practices22261
Safety practices21560
Physical facilities21500
Outdoor safety21923
Pools2600
Fire safety21340
Transportation2981

The table adds up to 2,539 of those standards. The remaining 10, including 4 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.

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We email you a copy, and tell you honestly whether it reached them. Texas HHSC has no email address on file for about two programs in five, and for those the phone number above is the faster route.

Tell me about new inspections

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State inspection record

HHSC records 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 5, 2026, and 11 citations.

One of those visits began with Creative Care - Blalock 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.

2526
visitsvisits where something was found7 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 1High
  • 8Medium High
  • 1Medium
  • 1Medium Low

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. High August 5, 2026 Correction verified August 17, 2026

    746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

    A transportation van purchased after 12.2013 was not equipped with a child safety alarm.
  2. Medium High August 5, 2026 Correction verified August 17, 2026

    746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    The loose fill in the swing areas of the older playground area measured at less than 3 inches deep.
  3. Medium High August 5, 2026 Correction verified August 17, 2026

    746.4907(a)(2): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.

    The loose fill of the slide in the older playground area measured at less than 4 inches.
  4. Medium High May 7, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    A pushpin was in an area that was accessible to a child in care at the operation.
  5. Medium March 23, 2026 Correction verified March 23, 2026

    746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    Two infants that are not yet on table food did not have an updated feeding instruction signed by a parent/guardian.
  6. Medium High September 3, 2025 Correction verified September 30, 2025

    746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    The use zone of two swings sets have a depth of 3in.
  7. Medium High September 3, 2025 Correction verified September 30, 2025

    746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    There are two ant hills and high grass in the outdoor play area.
  8. Medium High September 3, 2025 Correction verified September 30, 2025

    746.4907(a)(2): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.

    The use zone of a slide with a height of 5ft 7in has a loose-fill surfacing depth of 3.5 inches. The use zone of a play structure with a height of 5ft 9in has a loose-fill surfacing depth of 7 inches.
  9. Medium Low August 19, 2025 Correction verified August 27, 2025

    746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    Two employees did not have the completed pre-affidavit form on file.
  10. Medium High August 19, 2025 Correction verified September 3, 2025

    746.4807(b): Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - No Overlap

    The use zone of a to and fro swing set overlaps with a rocking horse.
  11. Medium High August 19, 2025 Correction verified September 2, 2025

    746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    Two of the sofas in the school age room have torn couches.
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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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