St Matthews CDC
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #410532, issued March 15, 1992.
- Address
- 4300 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77018
- Phone
- (713) 692-6055
- Licensed capacity
- 203 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Skill Classes, 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 3,361 standards at St Matthews CDC between March 1, 2022 and October 26, 2026 and recorded 31 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 | 358 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 2 |
| Personnel | 2 | 288 | 8 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 177 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 1 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,334 of those standards. The remaining 27, including 17 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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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 12 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 26, 2026, and 31 citations.
One of those visits began with St Matthews CDC 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.
- 7High
- 10Medium High
- 13Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 31. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium October 26, 2026 Reported corrected November 9, 2026, not yet verified
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
A reviewed child file did not have the updated immunization record.
- Medium October 26, 2026 Reported corrected November 9, 2026, not yet verified
746.3809: Medication No Longer Used
Two children with known food allergies had epi-pens that expired on 7.2026 and 2.2026.
- Medium High October 26, 2026 Reported corrected November 2, 2026, not yet verified
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
A food allergy plan for a child with a known food allergy was not signed by the parent.
- Medium High October 26, 2026 Reported corrected November 9, 2026, not yet verified
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The most current sanitation inspection conducted at the operation was on 5.22.2025.
- Medium October 30, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
746.201(8): Liability Insurance Maintained
The current insurance on file expired 5.2025
- Medium October 30, 2025 Correction verified December 12, 2025
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
Seven of the required director annual trainings were missing for the most current full year.
- High October 28, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
745.635(3): AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
A caregiver that is provisionally eligible with conditions was alone and responsible for children. The provisional caregiver's class was then combined with an eligible caregiver's class.
- High October 28, 2025 Correction verified January 28, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The current fire inspection at the operation is dated 9.3.24
- Medium October 28, 2025 Correction verified December 18, 2025
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Three of the reviewed caregiver files had less than the 24 required training hours.
- Medium High October 28, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
A caregiver did not have a cpr certification.
- Medium October 28, 2025 Correction verified December 12, 2025
746.901(2): Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
A caregiver's file had an invalid education certificate.
- Medium Low January 21, 2025 Correction verified January 21, 2025
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
- Medium High October 30, 2024 Correction verified December 2, 2024
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
Eight staff files were reviewed, and five caregivers did not complete shaken baby, safe sleep, and brain development training.
- Medium October 30, 2024 Correction verified December 2, 2024
746.1309(c): Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment
Eight staff files were reviewed, and Four caregivers are missing the child maltreatment training topics.
- Medium October 30, 2024 Correction verified December 2, 2024
746.1309(b): Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
Eight staff files were reviewed, and five caregivers did not complete the required six clock hours of training topics.
- Medium October 30, 2024 Correction verified December 2, 2024
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Eight staff files were reviewed, and Eight caregivers are missing the required special topic training.
- High February 14, 2024 Correction verified February 14, 2024
745.635(3): AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
A caregiver was observed supervising 8 children in the 3-year-old classroom by herself, even though her background check conditions prohibit her from supervising children alone.
- Medium February 14, 2024 Correction verified February 20, 2024
746.501(a)(18)(A): Written Operational Policies - Benefits
The operation did not have in their operational policy on the benefits of physical activity .
- Medium High February 14, 2024 Correction verified March 29, 2024
746.5405: Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection
The operation did not have an updated gas inspection report, the last inspection was done on 10/7/2021 which expired on 10/7/2023.
- High February 12, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation did not make a report with in 48 hours. The situation happen on Friday and the operation did not report until Monday. Corrected: When the director and I spoke about the standard and timeline on when and where a report can be make.
- High February 12, 2024 Correction verified March 7, 2024
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
It was determined three children ages 23 months and two 2 years old was left alone in a classroom for disclose amount of time.
- Medium February 12, 2024 Correction verified February 23, 2024
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
The operation did not have incident reports for the three children that was placed at risk.
- High February 23, 2023 Correction verified March 30, 2023
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have a updated fire inspection report the last report date was 11/22/2021.
- Medium High February 23, 2023 Correction verified March 3, 2023
746.1107(2): Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
Two caregiver did not have qualifications for having a high school diploma.
- Medium February 23, 2023 Correction verified March 30, 2023
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Five caregivers are missing annual training. One caregiver is missing 6 1/2 hours from training year 3-3-21 to 3-3-22. One caregiver is missing 17 hours for training year 6-4-21 to 6-4-22. One caregiver is missing 7 annual training hours for 8-16-21 to 8-16-22. Two caregivers are missing 24 annual hours for training year 7-19-21 to 7-19-22 and 9-6-21 to 9-6-22.
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About this record
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