First Baptist Church CDC
Licensed Center in Kilgore, Texas. License #523879, issued February 15, 1997.
- Address
- 501 E North St, Kilgore, TX 75662
- Phone
- (903) 986-9064
- Licensed capacity
- 180 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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 June 3, 2025. From the state's provider report of August 3, 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 3,549 standards at First Baptist Church CDC between June 21, 2022 and September 17, 2026 and recorded 9 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 | 475 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 374 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 1 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,541 of those standards. The remaining 8, including 3 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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Tell me about new inspections
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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 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 17, 2026, and 9 citations.
- 3Medium High
- 4Medium
- 2Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium June 29, 2026 Correction verified September 17, 2026
746.201(7): Operation Open to Parents At All Times
This standard was reviewed and found to be out of compliance when it was determined that parents were not allowed into the daycare except for pick-up and drop-off.
- Medium High January 30, 2025 Correction verified February 7, 2025
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Multiple records were missing the completed Emergency Contact information.
- Medium High January 30, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
The floor vent in the infant room had a buildup of dust, and a few room inspected had peeling paint.
- Medium March 14, 2024 Correction verified April 24, 2024
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
During the inspection the operational policy was reviewed and found to be missing the promotion of physical activities.
- Medium Low March 14, 2024 Correction verified April 24, 2024
746.401(9): Posting Requirements - List entitled "Current Employees"--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
During the inspection the current employee list with first and last names was not posted, along with the keeping children safe poster and the required telephone numbers.
- Medium High March 14, 2024 Correction verified April 24, 2024
746.5205(3): Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year
The required amount of lock down drills were not conducted in 2023.
- Medium Low January 18, 2024 Correction verified January 18, 2024
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
This Minimum Standard was found to be out of compliance through an assessment. The employees who left survey was not completed by 11:59PM January 15th.
- Medium June 21, 2022 Correction verified July 11, 2022
746.4501(b): Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
During the inspection I observed children sitting in a toddler bucket seat, and the straps were not being used.
- Medium June 21, 2022 Correction verified July 11, 2022
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
During the inspection the 3 infants not yet on table food had not had their feeding instructions reviewed and updated since March and April, one of the 3 did not have any date.
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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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