Emerald Wood KinderCare
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #62855, issued November 27, 1985.
- Address
- 610 Emerald Wood Dr, Austin, TX 78745
- Phone
- (512) 443-9515
- Licensed capacity
- 105 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- kindercare.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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 10, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 19, 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 3,801 standards at Emerald Wood KinderCare between February 10, 2022 and July 28, 2026 and recorded 25 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 | 365 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 4 |
| Personnel | 4 | 596 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 136 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,768 of those standards. The remaining 33, including 18 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 Emerald Wood KinderCare says about itself
Discover KinderCare’s daycare, childcare, and preschool programs. Find a location near you and schedule a tour today.
Quoted from kindercare.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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 22 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 29, 2026, and 25 citations.
One of those visits began with Emerald Wood KinderCare 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.
- 7High
- 6Medium High
- 11Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 25. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High April 16, 2026 Correction verified May 13, 2026
746.605(11): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
Of the 10 children files, 6 needed emergency authorization information.
- High April 29, 2025 Correction verified May 2, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the inspection, a caregiver was present, with children, that has not been cleared from the Centralized Background Check Unit yet. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC ?42.078.
- Medium October 29, 2024 Correction verified November 19, 2024
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Four infant feeding instructios had not been signed or updated within the last 30 days.
- Medium October 29, 2024 Correction verified November 19, 2024
746.603(a): Children's Records Maintained
Of the ten children's files reviewed four lacked completed health statements, and three were missing updated immunizations records.
- Medium June 14, 2024 Correction verified August 2, 2024
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Three employees did not have their 24 hours of annual training.
- Medium June 14, 2024 Correction verified August 2, 2024
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
The director did not have their 30 hours of annual training.
- Medium High June 14, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
There was a trash can overflowing with garbage in a classroom used by the children.
- High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have a current fire inspection.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.5207(b): Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Posted in Each Room
Two classrooms did not have their evacuation plans posted.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified July 8, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current sanitation inspection.
- Medium Low May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
Three employees were missing their notarized affidavit.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
The operation did not have an emergency food allergy plan in place for a child with a diagnosed food allergy.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
A child was not instructed to wash their hands after their diaper was changed, and as a result, did not wash their hands.
- Medium May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.2421(a): Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
Two infants were missing their written feeding instructions.
- Medium May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Three employees did not have their 24 hours of annual training.
- Medium May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 14, 2024
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
The director did not have their 30 hours of annual training.
- Medium March 11, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.2907(a): Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
When I arrived there were two children observed during naptime who were roaming around the classroom without an alternate activity. This was corrected when I asked the caregiver to give the two children something else to do.
- Medium March 11, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(c)(1): Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities
Children aged two to eleven were watching a movie, that was not related to planned activities that meet educational needs.
- High July 17, 2023 Correction verified July 24, 2023
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
A caregiver did not know the number of children she was caring for. The caregiver said their were 8 children present, but then corrected herself and said it was 9 children. The children were counted and there were actually 10 children present in the room.
- Medium July 17, 2023 Correction verified September 5, 2023
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
Four child files were missing updated immunization records.
- Medium July 17, 2023 Correction verified August 18, 2023
746.901: Required Personnel Records
One staff file was missing a notarized affidavit. Another staff file was missing a copy of the caregiver's CPR card. The training has been completed, but the card is missing.
- Medium High September 14, 2022 Correction verified October 20, 2022
746.3401(c)(2): Annual Sanitation Inspection- Inspection unavailable must maintain documentation at operation and make available to us
The sanitation inspection document was not available for review.
- High September 14, 2022 Correction verified October 13, 2022
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The fire inspection observed was expired.
- High August 29, 2022 Correction verified September 14, 2022
HRC42.054: Required Fees
After sending several reminder emails concerning background check fee payment, as of 6/2/2022, the operation has not paid pass due background check fees.
- High February 10, 2022 Correction verified February 24, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
Supervision was not maintained when two children were able to climb a fence and leave the playground area.
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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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