Austin · Licensed center
Cowan Crew
At a glance
- Large play-based center, licensed for 170 children.
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
This state publishes the visits that cited something but not the ones that cited nothing, so there is no city rate to set this beside.
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Licensing inspections
Oct 20, 20221 citation
744.401(6) - Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or ServedMedium
“It was found during the inspection the operation did not have a menu posted.”
744.401(6) - Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
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State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- October 20, 2022
- On file
- 1 visit, October 2022 — it cited findings
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.
Oct 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 20, 2022
744.401(6) - Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served · Medium
It was found during the inspection the operation did not have a menu posted.
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A day here
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Schedule
- Schedule
- Full-time
How they teach
Play-based, developmental and emergent curriculum
“The CDC uses a variety of teaching approaches to support our play-based philosophy”
Policies
- Special needs
- Inclusion classrooms via AISD partnership
Details
- Phone
- (512) 288-9792
- Address
- 2817 Kentish Dr, Austin, 78748
- License
- 1522659
- Established
- 1994
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
State record
From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
Policies
- Special needs thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
- Ages they serve thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
- Established thechilddevelopmentcenter.org
Large means the biggest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 154 to 731 children. Small is 12 to 61; medium is 62 to 153.