Pasadena Head Start Center
Licensed Center in Pasadena, Texas. License #835981- 4491, issued September 8, 2004.
- Address
- 902 Wafer St, Pasadena, TX 77506
- Phone
- (713) 472-9685
- Licensed capacity
- 220 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- gccsa.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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 3,678 standards at Pasadena Head Start Center between February 8, 2022 and April 27, 2026 and recorded 16 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 | 2 | 242 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 0 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 354 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,634 of those standards. The remaining 44, including 16 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
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.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 35 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 27, 2026, and 16 citations.
4 of those visits began with Pasadena Head Start 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.
- 10High
- 1Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 16. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium October 24, 2025 Correction verified December 5, 2025
746.701(1): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
During the investigation it was found that on 10/15/2025, the parent noticed there was something wrong with her child's arm, the emergency room physician diagnosed the child with nursemaid elbow. The parent notified the director that her child?s arm was injured and required medical treatment. The director did not report the concerns to Licensing.
- Medium April 15, 2025 Corrected at inspection
745.651(2)(A): Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list
During the records review the background checks werent validated
- High January 10, 2024 Correction verified March 26, 2024
746.1205(a)(5): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
A caregiver failed to appropriately intervene during a disciplinary incident at the operation.
- High January 10, 2024 Correction verified March 26, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
It was revealed that a caregiver was yelling at the children at the operation.
- Medium October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
A caregiver's file was not made available for DFPS review during the investigation.
- High October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Camera footage revealed that a caregiver harshly/aggressively pulled a chair out from under a child while her arms and legs were within her shirt, resulting in the child hitting her head on the ground and suffering a concussion.
- High October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
DFPS staff determined there was reason to believe that physical abuse occurred at the operation.
- High October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.1205(a)(5): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
A caregiver failed to appropriately intervene during a disciplinary incident at the facility which resulted in an injury.
- Medium High October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.305(a)(2): AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
CCR staff was not notified of a disciplinary incident which caused an injury requiring medical attention.
- Medium October 5, 2023 Correction verified December 13, 2023
746.801(1): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
A child's record was not available for DFPS staff review during the investigation.
- High May 12, 2022 Correction verified May 16, 2022
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
A caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child when the child was picked up by their arm and dragged out of the classroom because the child took off their shoes during naptime.
- High April 25, 2022 Correction verified May 25, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
Based on the information obtained, it was determined the staff did not supervise the children properly when a child walked out to the parking lot.
- High April 25, 2022 Correction verified May 25, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Based on the information obtained, it was determined caregiver did not use good judgement when a parent was provided with incorrect information regarding a child that was left unsupervised. The substitute caregiver was not equipped to handle the drop off/pick up procedures.
- High April 14, 2022 Correction verified April 21, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
It was found that a child was left unattended in the classroom for 12 minutes.
- High April 14, 2022 Correction verified April 21, 2022
746.1203(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
It was found that the caregiver failed to do count before and after going outside and did not notice that a child was left in the classroom.
- Medium Low February 25, 2022 Correction verified March 8, 2022
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required
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About this record
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