Helping Hand Home For Children — Inspections & License Record | Daycare File

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Helping Hand Home For Children

3804 Avenue B, Austin, TX 78751 · Travis County 5124593353 License #255115- 8 · issued Dec 16, 1991

133

inspections on file

26

recorded violations

4

health & safety class

Jul 29, 2026

last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Date	Kind	Outcome as recorded	Violations	Official record
Jul 29, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jul 19, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jul 3, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jul 2, 2026	Report	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 30, 2026	Report	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 17, 2026	Report	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 10, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 10, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 7, 2026	Report	No deficiencies cited	0	—
Jun 5, 2026	Report	Deficiencies cited	3	—
May 14, 2026	Report	No deficiencies cited	0	—

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Jun 5, 2026Report · 3 deficiencies cited

PaperworkState weight: Medium Low

749.1331(1) — Service Plan Review and Update-Review and update the plan for children receiving child-care services at least 180 days from the date of last plan

“During a review of service plans, 1 child's service plan review was conducted 1 day late, and another child's service plan review was conducted 8 days late.”

Corrected Jul 24, 2026

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.881(4) — General pre-service training curriculum-Includes measures to prevent, identify, treat, report suspicion of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation

“During a review of pre-service training, it was determined that two caregivers did not receive pre-service training regarding recognizing and preventing child abuse, neglect, and exploitation until 163 and 165 days after being verified.”

Corrected Jul 24, 2026

PaperworkState weight: Medium Low

749.1409(b)(1) — General dental requirements-Child's record must have a copy of the results of the dental exam

“During a review of children's dental appointment documentation, 4 out of 8 appointments did not have information regarding the results of the examination or recommendations for follow-up treatment.”

Corrected Jul 24, 2026

Oct 1, 2024Inspection · 1 deficiency cited

Health & safetyState weight: High

749.1463(b)(3) — AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders

“Through documentation, it was determined that 1 child in care was not administered a prescription medication according to the instructions.”

Corrected Oct 7, 2024

Jun 6, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

Health & safetyState weight: High

749.1003(b)(4)(A)(iv) — Children's rights-Adhere to the child's rights to be free from being denied food, sleep, toileting facilities, mail, or family visits as punishment

“It was reported and confirmed by foster parents that they deprived meals from the children in care until they had completed their chores and/or homework.”

Corrected Jul 12, 2024

Apr 25, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.1957(5) — Other Prohibited Discipline-Maintaining an uncomfortable physical position

“It was reported and confirmed by foster parent that a child in care was made to perform an inappropriate physical activity as a form of discipline.”

Corrected Jun 6, 2024

Apr 7, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

Health & safetyState weight: High

749.1401(a)(2) — General medical requirements-A child in care must receive medical care as needed for injury, illness, and pain

“It was found that a child in care sustained an arm injury on 4/4/24 at approx. 10:00 am while playing at the gym at school, however the child wasn't seen by a doctor until 4/6/24 around noon time in which it was discovered the child had an arm fracture.”

Corrected May 24, 2024

Feb 12, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.1957(9) — Other Prohibited Discipline-Subjecting a child to abusive or profane language

“It was reported and confirmed by foster parents, that they cursed in the presence of the children in care.”

Corrected May 2, 2024

Jan 24, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.1957(8) — Other Prohibited Discipline-Humiliating, shaming, ridiculing, rejecting, or yelling at a child

“Through information gathered, it was determined and confirmed that a foster parent subject children in care to yelling due to anger and frustration.”

Corrected Mar 6, 2024

Jan 2, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.511(3) — Serious Incident Documentation-Includes name, age, gender, and date of admission of the child or children involved

“During the review, it was observed that the serious incident report did not include the victim?s age, sex, admission date, current address, and telephone number.”

Corrected Feb 15, 2024

Jan 1, 2024Report · 2 deficiencies cited

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.3041(1) — Physical Environment-Foster home must ensure that home is safe for children, kept clean, and in good repair

“It was found that the netting and metal poles had been removed from the trampoline in the home leaving the metal holes with sharp edges exposed. The child in care fell on one of the metal pole holes while on the trampoline and hit their cheek resulting in a cut and received medical care.”

Corrected Mar 8, 2024

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.3039(e)(2) — Trampolines-must have shock-absorbing pads covering the springs, hooks and frame

“It was found that the trampoline in the home did not have padding on it.”

Corrected Mar 8, 2024

Nov 6, 2023Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.138(b) — All employees and caregivers must be aware of and follow your policies and procedures.

“When doing an investigation, a child was left in the care of a child who was not CPR certfified and under the age of 21, which is against the CPA policy.”

Corrected Nov 13, 2023

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.2599(3) — Supervision-16-year-old or older may serve as a babysitter if he/she is certified in first aid and CPR

“During an unannounced investigation, a 16 year old was babysitting a 1 year old child in care and is not CPR certified.”

Corrected Nov 13, 2023

Apr 28, 2023Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.1541(b) — Medication Record-Must update cumulative medication record within 24 hours of administering medication

“During the invesigation investigation, the medication log was observed to be blank. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver completed the medication logs for the child in care.”

Corrected May 12, 2023

Oct 20, 2022Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.2305(a) — EBI Documentation-Caregiver must document EBI in child's record as soon as possible, but no later than 24 hours after initiation of the intervention

“Of the 18 serious incidents reviewed four were related to restraints. None of the four reports had all of the required documentation.”

Corrected Nov 4, 2022

Health & safetyState weight: High

749.1463(b)(5) — Administration of Medication-Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed

“One of the children in care is not taking their prescription medication as prescribed by the doctor.”

Corrected Nov 4, 2022

Jan 4, 2022Report · 1 deficiency cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.503(a)(10)(A) — Serious Incident-Report to Licensing no later than 24 hours after awareness that a child contracts reportable communicable disease

“Documentation reports that a child in care as well as an adult were diagnosed with Covid-19 and were not reported to the Hotline timely.”

Corrected Feb 17, 2022

Nov 23, 2021Inspection · 6 deficiencies cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.511 — Serious Incident Documentation-Documented in written report

“Several of the serious incident reports had missing information.”

Corrected Nov 30, 2021

StandardState weight: Medium High

749.1421(b) — Immunization requirements-Maintain current immunizations records for each child in care including any exemptions or exceptions

“One of the four adoption / foster child files evaluated did not have a current immunization records on file.”

Corrected Nov 30, 2021

StandardState weight: Medium

749.1133(a) — Admission Assessment-Must provide an initial evaluation of appropriate placement for a child, and obtain information to facilitate service planning

Oct 13, 2021Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited

StandardState weight: Medium

749.2449(a)(7) — Interview For Foster Home Screening- Must include one interview with a family member not living in the home.

“One of the 8 home filed evaluated had a home that did not have a family reference listed. The other required references were in the file but not a part of the home screening.”

Corrected Oct 22, 2021

StandardState weight: Medium

749.2447(9) — Foster Home Screening-Agency documents and discuss h ealth status of all persons living in the home (physical, mental, substance abuse)

“One of the 8 files evaluated did not list the health status of the children in the home.”

Corrected Oct 22, 2021