YMCA Afterschool @ Thornwood Elementary
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1726628, issued February 24, 2022.
- Address
- 14400 Fern Dr, Houston, TX 77079
- Phone
- (123) 567-8910
- Licensed capacity
- 70 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 02:00 PM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- ymcahouston.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, After School Care, Snacks Provided.
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 2-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 14, 2025. From the state's provider report of August 28, 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 16 areas it checked 3,419 standards at YMCA Afterschool @ Thornwood Elementary between November 9, 2021 and February 5, 2026 and recorded 5 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 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 417 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 394 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 448 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 126 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 184 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 110 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 4 | 170 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 370 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 284 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 211 | 0 |
| Active play | 3 | 342 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 192 | 1 |
| Transportation | 2 | 69 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,413 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 2 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 9 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on February 5, 2026, and 5 citations.
- 2Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 5. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High January 24, 2022 Correction verified January 26, 2022
744.3559(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The program has not practiced fire drill since 12/2021.
- Medium December 10, 2021 Correction verified December 13, 2021
744.801(2): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
The personnel and training records were not on site for review as indicated.
- Medium December 10, 2021 Correction verified December 13, 2021
744.401(2): Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.
The inspection report on file was the application inspection conducted on 09/01/21. The last initial inspection conducted on 10/26/21 was not in file.
- Medium High November 9, 2021 Correction verified November 15, 2021
744.1017(a): Site Director Qualifications
The named site directors have not meet qualifications. The position has been vacant since 09/03/21.
- Medium November 9, 2021 Correction verified November 10, 2021
745.651(1): Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
A staff no longer employed as of 10/28/21 was active on employee list.
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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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