GETCAP Head Start and Early Head Start at HUNTSVILLE
Licensed Center in Huntsville, Texas. License #509479, issued March 20, 1995.
- Address
- 125 Fm 980 Rd, Huntsville, TX 77320
- Phone
- (936) 291-9190
- Licensed capacity
- 144 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-03:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- headstart-getcap.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 3,189 standards at GETCAP Head Start and Early Head Start at HUNTSVILLE between May 10, 2022 and March 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 rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 357 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 1 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,158 of those standards. The remaining 31, including 7 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 20 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 5, 2026, and 11 citations.
3 of those visits began with GETCAP Head Start and Early Head Start at HUNTSVILLE 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.
- 6High
- 2Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High February 27, 2026 Correction verified February 27, 2026
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver in the Violet Pre-K classroom did not have a background check submitted under the operation. They previously had an eligible background check under the operation but it had been inactivated. Note: The caregiver was sent home during the inspection.
- High February 26, 2026 Correction verified March 5, 2026
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
Supervision was not compliant as a child was left unattended on the playground for approximately 15 minutes when a class transitioned back inside from the playground.
- Medium April 17, 2024 Correction verified April 23, 2024
746.501(a)(18)(F): Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
The operational policies did not include the criteria used to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play.
- High September 22, 2023 Correction verified October 3, 2023
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
Based on information gathered in the investigation it was determined the caregiver of a child left unattended in the classroom did not notice the child was missing when they got to the playground and during their time outside. They did not realize the child was missing from the group until they were alerted by someone picking up a child. This substantiates that the caregiver did not know which children (or how many) they were responsible for. Information gathered indicated transition protocols were not followed.
- High September 22, 2023 Correction verified October 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
Supervision was not in compliance when a child was left alone unattended inside the classroom when the classroom transitioned outside to the playground.
- Medium April 26, 2023 Correction verified April 27, 2023
746.603(a)(1): Children's Records - Enrollment Agreement
1 of 8 children's records evaluated did not have a parent acknowledgement/signature of having received the childcare enrollment agreement/operational policies.
- High April 26, 2023 Correction verified April 26, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
One caregiver was observed in the classroom without a clear eligible background check.
- Medium High April 26, 2023 Correction verified April 27, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
3 of 11 caregivers did not have documentation of completed first aid/cpr in their files.
- Medium High March 23, 2023 Correction verified April 27, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
The caregivers of a child who was injured in care did not have current first aid at the time the incident occurred.
- High November 17, 2022 Correction verified December 13, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
Evidence gathered in the investigation substantiated supervision not being met regarding a pre-k aged child who ran into an empty classroom.
- Medium May 10, 2022 Correction verified May 17, 2022
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
The operational policies do not include the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity section that is required.
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About this record
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