Happy Now Daycare
Licensed Center in Garland, Texas. License #1760612, issued July 18, 2023.
- Address
- 1618 Wynn Joyce Rd, Garland, TX 75043
- Phone
- (469) 443-0455
- Licensed capacity
- 29 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
- Website
- happynowdaycare.com
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes.
Openings
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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 August 25, 2025. From the state's provider report of April 23, 2026.
Where this is
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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 4,826 standards at Happy Now Daycare between December 29, 2022 and March 30, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 5 | 593 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 328 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 433 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 6 | 324 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 372 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 72 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 339 | 2 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,817 of those standards. The remaining 9, 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 2, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 1High
- 4Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 5, 2025 Correction verified May 15, 2025
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The annual fire inspection is expired.
- Medium High May 5, 2025 Correction verified June 5, 2025
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation has not conducted a fire drill since January 2025.
- Medium Low December 27, 2023 Corrected at inspection
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
The operation does not have a list of all the current employees.
- Medium May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 8, 2023
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
The immunization records for three of the children enrolled at the operation were not available.
- Medium May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 10, 2023
746.603(a): Children's Records Maintained
The required admission records for one of the child in care was not available.
- High December 29, 2022 Correction verified January 17, 2023
746.5311(a): Smoke-Detection System
A Pre-K classroom does not have a smoke detector.
- Medium High December 29, 2022 Correction verified January 10, 2023
746.5401: Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
There is natural gas being used in the building and the center does not have a gas pipe test.
- Medium High December 29, 2022 Correction verified January 17, 2023
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The broken concrete pieces and the nails observed along the side of the building must be removed or nailed back to the wall siding.
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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 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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