Jess for Kids
Licensed Child-Care Home in Denton, Texas. License #1747008, issued April 21, 2023.
- Address
- 8317 Montecito Dr, Denton, TX 76210
- Phone
- (662) 822-9789
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 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.
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 March 20, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 30, 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 21 areas it checked 4,056 standards at Jess for Kids between September 19, 2022 and March 16, 2026 and recorded 4 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 372 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 362 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 508 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 308 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 4 | 174 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 439 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 300 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 168 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 4 | 276 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 4 | 98 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 208 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 137 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,050 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 1 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 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 25, 2026, and 4 citations.
- 1High
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 4. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium January 21, 2026 Correction verified February 25, 2026
747.1309(a): Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required
The primary caregiver is missing 21 hours from the last year.
- Medium High February 20, 2025 Correction verified February 25, 2025
747.3703(a): Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations
A pet did not have a health statement on file.
- Medium February 20, 2025 Correction verified March 3, 2025
747.801(3): Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training
Trainings for Shaken Baby Syndrome, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Early Brain development and CPR/ 1ST Aid were unavailable to view.
- High September 19, 2022 Correction verified September 26, 2022
747.5111: Smoke-Detection System
During inspection the operation did not have a smoke detector in the family room as required.
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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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