Guiding Hands Christian Academy
Licensed Center in Sanger, Texas. License #1556389, issued May 12, 2015.
- Address
- 416 Bolivar St, Sanger, TX 76266
- Phone
- (940) 777-8909
- Licensed capacity
- 88 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- guidinghandssanger.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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 September 2, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 16, 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 3,753 standards at Guiding Hands Christian Academy between November 15, 2021 and October 8, 2026 and recorded 13 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 | 363 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 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 | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 2 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,726 of those standards. The remaining 27, 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.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Guiding Hands Christian Academy 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 21 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 13, 2026, and 13 citations.
One of those visits began with Guiding Hands Christian Academy 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.
- 1High
- 10Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 8, 2026 Correction verified October 23, 2026
746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
The floors were observed to be in disrepair.
- Medium High October 8, 2026 Correction verified October 16, 2026
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The fence was observed with broken planks and protruding nails.
- Medium High October 8, 2026 Correction verified October 12, 2026
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The last fire inspection was conducted on 8/28/2025.
- Medium High October 8, 2026 Correction verified October 12, 2026
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
One caregiver had expired CPR/First Aid.
- Medium High October 14, 2025 Correction verified November 20, 2025
746.4901(a): Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing
The operation did not have the required amount of loose-fill (6 inches) around the rocking/bouncing or sliding equipment.
- Medium High October 14, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.4813(c): Measurement of Use Zone for Rotating and Rocking Equipment - No Overlap
The operation had two pieces of non-stationary equipment with overlapping use zones. This was correct at the inspection when the equipment was moved to meet the required 12 ft of use zone space between them.
- Medium High October 23, 2024 Correction verified November 1, 2024
746.605(12): Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
Three children with diagnosed allergies did not have a special needs statement aligning with the diagnosis.
- High November 3, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
The operation's director did not use good judgment by having a caregiver present at the operation caring for children with a communicable disease.
- Medium High November 1, 2023 Correction verified November 2, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
One caregiver did not have current pediatric first aid training.
- Medium High November 1, 2023 Correction verified November 2, 2023
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
Two children with diagnosed food allergy checked on their admission form did not have a food allergy on file at the time of inspection.
- Medium High November 1, 2023 Correction verified November 2, 2023
746.1316(a): Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
The director did not have transportation training at the time of inspection.
- Medium November 1, 2023 Correction verified November 2, 2023
746.1311(e): Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
The director did not have all the required information on training certificates.
- Medium November 3, 2022 Correction verified November 11, 2022
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
One child did not have updated immunizations in their file at the time of inspection.
Do you have a child enrolled here?
If Guiding Hands Christian Academy 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.