FRIENDS AT GIGGLES & GRINS
Licensed Center in Huntsville, Texas. License #1786356, issued November 6, 2023.
- Address
- 3642 State Highway 19, Huntsville, TX 77320
- Phone
- (936) 594-3741
- Licensed capacity
- 51 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 05:00 AM-06:30 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, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips, Night Care.
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 January 16, 2026. From the state's provider report of June 10, 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 3,780 standards at FRIENDS AT GIGGLES & GRINS between October 2, 2023 and October 29, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 366 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 458 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 230 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 114 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,762 of those standards. The remaining 18, 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 29, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 2High
- 2Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 29, 2026 Reported corrected November 13, 2026, not yet verified
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
Director's First Aid/CPR expired on October 2026.
- Medium November 3, 2025 Correction verified November 10, 2025
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
There was not documentation in 1 of 4 employee files of the pre-employment affidavit. In 1 of 4 employee files evaluated there was not documentation that the caregiver meets the educational qualifications.
- High August 23, 2024 Correction verified September 23, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated this minimum standard was not in compliance when a child was pulled/moved across the room by one arm by a staff member a couple of times when a child was exhibiting behavioral issues in the classroom one morning.
- Medium Low August 16, 2024 Correction verified August 19, 2024
746.401(9): Posting Requirements - List entitled
Based on information received from DFPS the posted employee list at the operation was not current and there were at least two employees on it that were no longer employed at the operation.
- High October 26, 2023 Correction verified November 2, 2023
745.247: Franchise Tax Delinquent
The operation's franchise tax status is showing as forfeited on the comptroller's website.
- Medium High October 2, 2023 Correction verified October 10, 2023
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
1 in 4 children's records evaluated did not have current immunizations for the child.
- Medium October 2, 2023 Correction verified October 6, 2023
746.501(a)(18)(F): Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
The opertional policies did not specify the criteria they will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play.
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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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