First Baptist Church CDC
Licensed Center in Gilmer, Texas. License #538322, issued February 4, 1999.
- Address
- 217 W Cass St, Gilmer, TX 75644
- Phone
- (903) 843-5500
- Licensed capacity
- 227 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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 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 June 1, 2025. From the state's provider report of August 3, 2026.
Where this is
A map of this address loads when you ask for it. Nothing is requested from the map host until then, so opening this page does not tell anyone which program you were reading about.
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 6,080 standards at First Baptist Church CDC between December 9, 2021 and November 5, 2026 and recorded 50 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 | 483 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 445 | 1 |
| Personnel | 5 | 723 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 8 | 432 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 5 | 224 | 1 |
| Health practices | 7 | 787 | 2 |
| Safety practices | 7 | 496 | 2 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,931 of those standards. The remaining 149, including 43 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
This goes to First Baptist Church CDC and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
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 73 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 5, 2026, and 50 citations.
17 of those visits began with First Baptist Church CDC 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.
- 23High
- 22Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 50. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High February 24, 2026 Correction verified March 19, 2026
746.1203(4): Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A teacher left a child alone in a classroom unsupervised for a minute and half.
- Medium High April 14, 2025 Correction verified May 13, 2025
746.1203(4): Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation left a child in the classroom unsupervised for ten minutes. The caregivers failed to follow the daily protocol when transitioning from the classroom to the playground and did not count the number of children when leaving the room.
- Medium April 14, 2025 Correction verified May 13, 2025
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation failed to share the incident report with the parent within the required 48 hours.
- High September 17, 2024 Correction verified October 25, 2024
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.
- High September 17, 2024 Correction verified October 25, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. There is evidence of a caregiver grabbing a child's arm multiple times and pulling that child across the classroom as a form of discipline.
- Medium High August 6, 2024 Correction verified September 10, 2024
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. Three buckets seats in the infant classroom were occupied by 3 infants that did not have safety straps fastened or did not have a safety strap present. Four straps were missing in the bucket seats.
- High August 6, 2024 Correction verified September 10, 2024
746.2426(a)(1): Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. An infant was found sleeping in a device that is restricted to use for sleeping purposes.
- High February 1, 2024 Correction verified March 13, 2024
746.2409(c): Safety Requirements for Cribs - Infant Not in Crib with Drop Gate Down
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver stepped away from a crib before putting the gate up and an infant fell out of the crib.
- Medium High February 1, 2024 Correction verified March 13, 2024
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver did not have prior experience working in childcare and did not have the 8 pre-service training hours that is required before supervising a group of children.
- High August 24, 2023 Correction verified September 18, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver admitted to pulling the child's arm when she took the child by the hand while removing the child from an argument with another child.
- Medium High July 10, 2023 Correction verified July 20, 2023
746.3317(6): Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
Children were observed eating snack directly off of the table during inspection.
- High March 23, 2023 Correction verified April 3, 2023
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregivers did not demonstrate competency when the operations protocols were not followed when the children were in transition from the playground to the gym.
- Medium High March 23, 2023 Correction verified April 3, 2023
746.1203(4): Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child wandered away from the class line and went into a vacant room unsupervised.
- Medium High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.3505(e): Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
During inspection it was observed that a caregiver did not sanitize a changing table after a diaper change.
- Medium High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 15, 2023
746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Staff files were reviewed and found that one staff had the on line only version of CPR certification.
- Medium Low March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 9, 2023
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
During inspection staff files were reviewed and one fille was missing the signed affidavit.
- High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.2426(a)(2): Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
During inspection an infant was observed to be asleep in a swing for 5 minutes. The caregivers were observed on video looking at the infant asleep after 3 minutes. The infant was removed and placed in bed after the inspector asked the child to be moved.
- Medium High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.3415(4): Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
It was observed during inspection that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child. It was also observed on video that a caregiver did not wash hands after multiple diaper changes of children.
- Medium High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.3505(b): Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant's Hands
During inspection it was observed that a child's hands were not washed after a diaper change.
- High March 7, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
During the course of an investigation, it was viewed on video footage that a child was grabbed by the arm and taken to the bean bag for time out by a caregiver.
- High March 3, 2023 Correction verified April 3, 2023
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 standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child was found in the hallway alone unsupervised and found by a parent.
- High February 16, 2023 Correction verified March 7, 2023
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child got out of a gate on the playground that was not properly latched and was picked up in the parking lot by a caregiver. A group of children were left unsupervised in a classroom when the caregiver left work for the day and did not leave them with another caregiver.
- Medium High August 24, 2022 Correction verified September 2, 2022
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
Allergy Alert plans were reviewed for the HASA and two plans were not complete for two children with diagnosed food allergies.
- High July 12, 2022 Correction verified July 26, 2022
746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
During inspection there was a sanitizing spray within reach of the children in a classroom. This was corrected at inspection.
- Medium High July 6, 2022 Correction verified July 26, 2022
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver stepped out of the room leaving one caregiver in charge of 14 two year old children. During this time a child was injured.
Do you have a child enrolled here?
If First Baptist Church CDC confirms you are enrolled, you can tell us what you actually pay. We publish price ranges by city and age so other families know what to expect, and the only reliable source for that is people paying it.
There are no reviews on this site and we are not adding them. We publish the state's inspection record and facts families confirm, not opinions. Your address is never shown publicly; it goes to the program so they can confirm you, and nowhere else.
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.
Operate this program? Write to corrections@childcaretx.com and we will publish your response beside any record here.