The Joyful Child/Leesa Rodriguez
Licensed Child-Care Home in Del Valle, Texas. License #1671356, issued April 3, 2019.
- Address
- 16804 High Noon Apt B, Del Valle, TX 78617
- Phone
- (512) 497-0619
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 27, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 27, 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 21 areas it checked 2,598 standards at The Joyful Child/Leesa Rodriguez between August 25, 2022 and July 22, 2026 and recorded 13 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 289 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 274 | 4 |
| Personnel | 3 | 388 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 93 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 95 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 233 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 51 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 2 | 88 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 220 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 156 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 86 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 2 | 138 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 2 | 52 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 104 | 6 |
| Transportation | 2 | 78 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,595 of those standards. The remaining 3, including 1 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 The Joyful Child/Leesa Rodriguez says about itself
We provide an accredited play-based child care program in a home-like environment. Join our growing community of families today!
Quoted from thejoyfulchild.care, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them. We found this site at the domain of the email address Texas HHSC holds for this program rather than from a website on file, so it may belong to a church, district or company that runs it.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 6 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 22, 2026, and 13 citations.
- 8Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium July 22, 2026 Correction verified September 8, 2026
747.611(b): Health Statement on File
There were 7 children files out of the 12 viewed that did not have health statements, from their health care physician, available for review.
- Medium July 22, 2026 Correction verified September 8, 2026
747.603(a)(2): Children's Records - Admission Information
There were 3 children files out of the 12 viewed that did not have admission forms available for review.
- Medium July 22, 2026 Correction verified September 8, 2026
747.613(b): Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
There were 7 files out of the 12 viewed that did not have updated immunization records available for review.
- Medium High August 14, 2025 Correction verified September 19, 2025
747.5005(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
There had not been a fire drill completed since May 2025.
- Medium High August 22, 2023 Correction verified September 7, 2023
747.5107(a): Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
The operation was not conducting monthly fire extinguisher inspections.
- Medium High August 22, 2023 Correction verified September 7, 2023
747.5005(3): Lock-down drill 4 times in a calendar year
The operation did not have any lock-down drills documented since 2019.
- Medium High August 22, 2023 Correction verified September 7, 2023
747.5005(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation did not have any monthly fire drills documented since 2019.
- Medium High August 22, 2023 Correction verified September 7, 2023
747.5005(2): Sheltering drill for Severe Weather- 4 times in a calendar year
The operation did not have any severe weather drills documented since 2019.
- Medium High August 22, 2023 Correction verified September 7, 2023
747.5337(a)(3): Electric or Battery Operated CO System-Document Test Date, Battery Installation Date and Staff Name conducting Testing and Installation
The operation had no documentation of monthly carbon monoxide tests being done.
- Medium August 25, 2022 Correction verified August 26, 2022
747.601(c): Children's Records Accessible - to Licensing
One of the children did not have a file that was available for licensing to review.
- Medium High August 25, 2022 Correction verified September 21, 2022
747.1313(a): Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers
One assistant caregiver has been employed for over 90 days and she does not have training in pediatric CPR and First Aid.
- Low August 25, 2022 Correction verified August 26, 2022
747.1327(d): Documentation of Training Requirements-Signed and Dated Statement of Orientation
One caregiver and the provider's husband were missing documentation of completing orientation to the child care home.
- Medium High August 25, 2022 Correction verified August 29, 2022
747.5107(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
The fire extinguisher has not been serviced in 4 years.
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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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