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Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center)

1001 Birdwell Ln, Big Spring, TX 79720 · Howard County (432) 264-5185 License #506810 · first licensed Feb 16, 2001
13
inspections on file
2
recorded violations
1
health & safety class
Jun 2, 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.

Inspection history for Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center)
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Jun 2, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Aug 6, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jul 24, 2025ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jun 24, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
May 28, 2025ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Sep 24, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 5, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 3, 2024ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Aug 15, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Aug 23, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jun 27, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 9, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 16, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 28, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 22, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record

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.

May 28, 2025Report · 1 deficiency cited
StandardState weight: Medium
746.307(c) — Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

“This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation staff did not notify the parent or authorized pick-up person, at pick up time, that their child fell hitting their head and complained of wrist pain while in care at the operation.”

Corrected May 30, 2025
Sep 3, 2024Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
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

“This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. Two children walked out of the operation unnoticed and remained unsupervised outdoors for over two minutes.”

Corrected Sep 19, 2024

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