University of Texas Child Dev Center
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #1589379, issued December 9, 2015.
- Address
- 1601 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
- Phone
- (512) 471-4400
- Licensed capacity
- 241 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:15 AM-05:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- utexas.edu/childcenter
Programs listed with the state: Accredited, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes.
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 May 11, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 30, 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 4,218 standards at University of Texas Child Dev Center between June 3, 2022 and August 3, 2026 and recorded 9 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 | 234 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 6 | 653 | 0 |
| Personnel | 6 | 903 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,185 of those standards. The remaining 33, including 8 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 39 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 3, 2026, and 9 citations.
8 of those visits began with University of Texas Child Dev 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.
- 7High
- 1Medium High
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium Low January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 4, 2026
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, determined the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.
- High October 9, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
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
There is a violation of this standard, as a child was left unsupervised for one minute and fifty-eight seconds.
- High May 1, 2025 Correction verified June 4, 2025
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
A Child was left unsupervised in the classroom for two minutes, when caregivers exited the classroom to go to the outdoor area.
- High July 31, 2024 Correction verified August 30, 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
A child was left behind in a classroom during an unscheduled fire emergency for approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
- Medium High April 30, 2024 Correction verified May 13, 2024
746.3425(3): Disposing of Gloves after One Use
A caregiver didn't change gloves after switching from changing one child's diaper to changing another child's diaper.
- High July 11, 2023 Correction verified September 1, 2023
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
There was a child that was left unattended for 3 minutes in a classroom.
- High June 29, 2023 Correction verified August 8, 2023
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
There was a child that was left unattended in the classroom for 2 minutes, before being taken back to his class which was outside on the playground.
- High May 31, 2023 Correction verified June 30, 2023
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 that supervision was compromised when a child left the group, and walked into the elevator. The child was on the elevator for 1 to 2 minutes, before being found, and taken back to their classroom.
- High December 1, 2022 Correction verified January 5, 2023
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
A child in care was unsupervised for approximately a minute and a half.
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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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