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Transparency scorecard

Texas

Grade C

68/100 points · Ranked #15 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation.

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 59 months of inspection history on file.
15/25
Downloadable data
Bulk export, open data, or equivalent machine-readable dump available.
20/20
Severity levels
State assigns an explicit per-violation or per-visit severity/risk tier.
15/15
Complaints published
Complaint rows exist (38,190), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.
8/15
% with any inspection
0.0% of providers have at least one inspection on file (0 of 14,352).
0/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

HHSC open data with severity, corrections, and large inspection history.

What this grade means

Does well: Large open dataset with severity tiers and correction status.

See the dimension evidence above and the national rubric for how points were assigned.

Browse Texas providers on KinderFax. Official portal: Search Texas Child Care. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.