Moody Early Childhood Center
Licensed Center in Galveston, Texas. License #1634871, issued February 9, 2017.
- Address
- 1110 Moody Ave, Galveston, TX 77550
- Phone
- (409) 761-6930
- Licensed capacity
- 500 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- moodychildhoodcenter.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Accredited, Get Well Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, 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 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 July 21, 2026. From the state's provider report of July 28, 2026.
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 4,620 standards at Moody Early Childhood Center between October 11, 2021 and October 14, 2026 and recorded 29 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 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 440 | 4 |
| Personnel | 5 | 757 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 1 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 269 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,510 of those standards. The remaining 110, including 20 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.
What Moody Early Childhood Center says about itself
Moody Early Childhood Center is a fun, safe, creative learning center for Galveston children from newborn through age 3.
Quoted from moodychildhoodcenter.org/en, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 71 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 22, 2026, and 29 citations.
3 of those visits began with Moody Early Childhood Center 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.
- 14High
- 5Medium High
- 8Medium
- 2Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 29. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium Low June 29, 2026 Correction verified June 29, 2026
746.1329(a): Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee's personnel record
At time of inspection, one caregivers file was observed to have pre-service training. FIle was missing training certificates for annual training that could not be located during inspection.
- High May 19, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
The operation was not able to inform me on how their staff will Demonstrate competency, good judgment, and self-control in the presence of children and when performing assigned responsibilities; outside of firing its staff.
- High May 19, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
The operation was not able to inform me on how they will ensure that staff understand that there must be no harsh, cruel, or unusual treatment of any child. I was just informed that they will fire staff.
- High May 19, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
The operation was not able to inform me on how they will ensure that no child is abused, neglected, or exploited while in the care of the center; and outside of firing its staff.
- Medium May 19, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
The operation was unable to tell me how they will make sure that staff create an incident/ illness report any other non-routine situation that placed, or may have placed, a child at risk for injury or harm, such as forgetting a child in a center vehicle or not preventing a child from wandering away from the child-care center unsupervised outside of firing staff members
- High May 19, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.307(a): Parental Communication - Notify Immediately about Allegation of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
The operation was not able to inform me on how they will ensure that staff understand to notify the parents of a child immediately if there is an allegation that the child has been abused, neglected, or exploited, as defined in Texas Family Code ?261.001, while in care outside of firing its staff.
- Medium High September 3, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Toddler rooms had a plastic sink in the kitchen area broken. (This was corrected when the caregiver threw the sink away). A mat in the library was ripped. (This was corrected when a caregiver threw the mat away). In a Pre-K room there were electrical cords hanging off of the counter. (This was corrected when a staff and a caregiver cleaned up the area and ensured the cords were not hanging.) In a Pre-K room an outlet was observed uncovered. (This was corrected when the outlet was covered). In a toddler room the carpet to a small slide was fraying at the end.A baseboard in the Pre-K Room was pealing away from the wall. A changing table was observed cracked on the edge and along the side.
- High April 16, 2025 Correction verified April 23, 2025
746.2805(8): Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out
During the walk through a two year old child who is medically diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy was strapped inside of a chair because the child was fighting with other children in the classroom.
- Medium February 13, 2025 Correction verified February 20, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Eight infants were missing an updated infant care sheet
- High August 28, 2024 Correction verified October 17, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, a caregiver was observed yelling at a child via video.
- High August 28, 2024 Correction verified October 17, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, a caregiver was observed grabbing a child by the neck.
- High August 28, 2024 Correction verified October 17, 2024
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, the caregiver used inappropriate discipline with a child in care. The caregiver actions were concerning when it appeared that they were targeting the child's every action.
- High May 29, 2024 Correction verified July 26, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, a caregiver was observed grabbing a child's right arm.
- High May 29, 2024 Correction verified July 26, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Based on information obtained during the DFPS investigation, a caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment when the caregiver did not tell the truth about the incident which led to the caregiver pulling a child's arm, which resulted in the child needing medical attention.
- Medium March 7, 2024 Correction verified May 17, 2024
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
Based on external documentation, an incident report was not completed by the operation within the required timeframe. The incident report was completed 9 days later.
- High March 7, 2024 Correction verified May 17, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on information obtained during the investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation that prohibited punishment of grabbing a child was used.
- Medium March 7, 2024 Correction verified May 17, 2024
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
Based on information obtained during the investigation, the licensing incident and illness report was not completed.
- Medium Low February 22, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.605(3): Required Admission Information - Date of Admission
Four out of 10 files reviewed did not have the admission date on the form. This was corrected at inspection when the dates were added to the admission form.
- High February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
HRC 42.0563: Employment affidavit regarding inappropriate relationship with minor
The operation has failed to complete the Pre-Employment affidavit on caregivers with hire date 09/18/2023 and 10/04/2023.
- Medium High February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.5537(a)(2): Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the month of January 2024.
- Medium February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.605(10): Required Admission Information - Water Activity Permission
One file did was missing the child s ability to swim without assistance documentation required by the new admission forms.
- Medium February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
There was no drills documentation since December 2023.
- High February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.5319: Smoke Detectors Testing
There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the month of January 2024.
- Medium February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.603(a)(2): Children's Records - Admission Information
Three out of ten files did not have the complete admission form paperwork.
- Medium High February 22, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
746.5307(a): Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
There is no documentation that the monthly check were done for the month of January 2024.
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