Nickis Critters
Licensed Center in Strawn, Texas. License #1747198, issued January 20, 2023.
- Address
- 215 Central Ave., Strawn, TX 76475
- Phone
- (940) 452-8242
- Licensed capacity
- 38 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, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 22 areas it checked 6,145 standards at Nickis Critters between July 25, 2022 and September 28, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 590 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 538 | 0 |
| Personnel | 5 | 699 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 270 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 168 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 441 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 110 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 5 | 89 | 0 |
| School-age | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 6 | 72 | 0 |
| Field trips | 6 | 66 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 5 | 65 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 5 | 223 | 0 |
| Health practices | 5 | 563 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 5 | 364 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 373 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 132 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 339 | 0 |
| Transportation | 5 | 215 | 0 |
The table adds up to 6,132 of those standards. The remaining 13, 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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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 13 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 28, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 4High
- 2Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.2905(1): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
Director used weighted toys to force children to sleep.
- High January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
Caregivers failed to report a situation that placed a child at risk.
- High January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Director left children unsupervised in a room.
- High January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.1003(1): Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
Director failed to operate in compliance with the standards by conducting prohibited punishment, failing to supervise children, and forcing children to sleep.
- High January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Caregiver yelled at a child to stop crying.
- Medium High December 14, 2023 Correction verified January 10, 2024
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Monthly fire drill were not conducted.
- Medium High December 14, 2023 Correction verified January 10, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
Sanitation inspection was not completed annually.
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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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