Mini Cande Kisses
Licensed Child-Care Home in Richmond, Texas. License #1706761, issued June 12, 2020.
- Address
- 17614 Chestnut Trl, Richmond, TX 77407
- Phone
- (281) 309-4081
- Licensed capacity
- 12 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
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, Part Time Care.
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 September 2, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 25, 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 3,532 standards at Mini Cande Kisses between June 10, 2022 and October 29, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 3 | 291 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 281 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 407 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 124 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 128 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 309 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 4 | 175 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 330 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 302 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 129 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 3 | 207 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 4 | 104 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 156 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 137 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,523 of those standards. The remaining 9, 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 6 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 29, 2026, and 10 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
- 7Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 4, 2025 Correction verified November 12, 2025
747.3501: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
In the outside play area there were two gaps on the bottom of a cement wall that is accessible to chidlren.
- Medium December 9, 2024 Correction verified December 11, 2024
747.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
Two out of the eight preschool children's records were missing updated immunization records.
- Medium June 5, 2023 Correction verified June 30, 2023
747.1305(a): Caregivers Annual Training-counted in ratio more than 10 times in a training year
The primary caregiver lacked of twenty hours of the required annual trainings.
- Medium High June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.1303(4)(A): Training Requirements for Caregivers Licensed -24 hours Annual Training
Assistant caregiver was missing seventeen hours of the required annual trainings.
- Medium June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.501(8): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
Promotion of the physical activities indoor and outdoor were not observed in the operational policies.
- Medium June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.1309(a): Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required
Primary caregiver was missing three hours of the required annual trainings.
- High June 10, 2022 Correction verified July 6, 2022
747.605(12): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
One child was not observed with emergency authorization information in file.
- Medium June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.501(11): Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline
Information how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website was not observed in the operational policies.
- Medium June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.501(10): Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports
Information how parents to review a copy of the child-care home's most recent Licensing inspection report was not observed in the operational policies.
- Medium June 10, 2022 Correction verified June 22, 2022
747.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Health Statement
The child health-care professional statement was not observed in one child's file.
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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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