Austin · Licensed center
Hope Children's Center
A center in Austin, licensed for 192 children.
Large center. 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.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
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.
From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
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State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- January 11, 2024
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2023 — both 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.
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · January 11, 2024
746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection · Medium High
The sanitation inspection was not up to date. The last sanitation inspection was conducted 08/23/2022.
746.5205(1) - Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes · Medium High
A fire drill was not conducted for the month of December. The last fire drill was conducted 11/27/23.
746.5307(b) - Fire Extinguishers Serviced · Medium High
The fire extinguishers have not been serviced. The fire extinguishers were last serviced in July of 2022.
Jan 2023 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · January 24, 2023
746.501(a)(11) - Written Operational Policies - Immunizations · Medium
The Operational Policy was missing Immunizations requirements for children.
746.501(a)(19) - Written Operational Policies - Providing & Applying Insect Repellant and Sunscreen · Medium
The Operational Policy was missing procedures for providing and applying as needed insect repellent and sunscreen including what types will be used.
746.501(a)(28) - Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable Diseases · Medium
The operational policy did not have a policy on Information on vaccine preventable diseases for employees. This was corrected at Inspection when the Director added the policy to the daycare operational policy handbook.
746.901(8) - Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification · Medium
One of the staff records were missing a photo ID. This was corrected at Inspection when the director added the photo ID to the employees record.
Details
- Phone
- 5122580101
- Website
- hopeaustin.org
- Address
- 11512 Olson Dr
- License
- 215965, active
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website — hopeaustin.org