Smart Start Child Care
Licensed Center in San Antonio, Texas. License #861256, issued January 22, 2007.
- Address
- 1514 S Gevers St, San Antonio, TX 78210
- Phone
- (210) 534-4646
- Licensed capacity
- 35 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:15 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time 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 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 24, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 6, 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 22 areas it checked 3,441 standards at Smart Start Child Care between September 12, 2022 and March 18, 2026 and recorded 12 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 | 3 | 326 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 1 |
The table adds up to 3,420 of those standards. The remaining 21, including 6 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 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 18, 2026, and 12 citations.
- 1High
- 6Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 12. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High February 3, 2026 Correction verified March 11, 2026
746.1203(3)(C): Janitorial duties
During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a caregiver mops the floor of the classroom while infants are in their highchairs.
- Medium April 3, 2025 Correction verified April 17, 2025
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Three out of four staff members did not have the required training topics in the following: Emergency preparedness, preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, understanding building and physical premises safety and handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.
- High April 3, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.5617(a)(5): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
The fire extinguisher in the car was not secured in the passenger compartment. Note: This was corrected with the director secured the fire extinguisher with a plastic safety strap in the passenger compartment.
- Low December 30, 2024 Correction verified January 24, 2025
746.1057: Director Certificate Not Renewed
Updated director credentials were not provided timely.
- Medium April 18, 2024 Correction verified May 9, 2024
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
One of the four children files didn't have an updated immunization record.
- Medium High April 18, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.605(16): Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan
One of the four children files was missing food allergy information. One of the four children files was missing special care information. One of the four school age children were missing permission to ride. NOTE: Corrected at inspection
- Medium High May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 17, 2023
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
Two of the four files reviewed did not have the annual SIDS/Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma/Early Brain Development annual training completed.
- Medium High May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 17, 2023
746.1303(1): Orientation-Minimum Standards
One of the four caregivers files evaluated did not have completed orientation training.
- Medium May 4, 2023 Correction verified May 17, 2023
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Two of the four files reviewed did not have the administering medication annual training completed. Three of the four files reviewed did not have the food allergy traning completed. One of the four files reviewed did not have the hazardous materials training completed.
- Medium High September 12, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
One out of four children's records evaluated were missing the required address information for the child's emergency contact. This was corrected at inspection when the director contacted the parent and updated the emergency contact information in the child's file.
- Medium High September 12, 2022 Correction verified September 19, 2022
746.1301(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing
The director's First Aid card was not current and expired on 08/20/2022.
- Medium September 12, 2022 Correction verified September 19, 2022
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Three personnel folders were missing certificates of training for required annual training topics in Handling, Storing, and Disposing of Hazardous Materials.
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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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