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Licensed Center · Texas

First Baptist Church Cdc

217 W Cass St, Gilmer

Last inspected Jun 18, 2026 · Map

No deficiencies cited

About this program

Licensed capacity
227
Ages served
Infant,Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School
Hours
07:00 AM-05:30 PM
Days
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Programs
School Age Care,Before School Care,Meals Provided ,After School Care,Snacks Provided,Drop-In Care,Part Time Care,Transportation to/from School ,Field Trips
Accepts child care subsidies
Yes
License type
Full Permit
Issued
Feb 4, 1999
Phone
9038435500

Conditions on the permit: Yes. See the state’s official record for details.

State compliance summary

How many deficiencies Texas has recorded for this program, by risk level. This is not a quality rating: it describes compliance with the state’s minimum licensing standards.

25High risk
22Medium-high risk
4Medium risk
1Medium-low risk
0Low risk
47Inspections and investigations on record

Inspection history

Jun 18, 2026 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 10, 2026 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 7, 2026 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 19, 2026 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Feb 26, 2026 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Feb 24, 2026 · Complaint or incident investigation
1 deficiency cited
  • Critical Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A teacher left a child alone in a classroom unsupervised for a minute and half. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2026-03-09.
Dec 1, 2025 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Sep 5, 2025 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Sep 3, 2025 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Jun 5, 2025 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Jun 4, 2025 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

May 13, 2025 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 16, 2025 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 14, 2025 · Complaint or incident investigation
2 deficiencies cited
  • Non-critical Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation failed to share the incident report with the parent within the required 48 hours. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2025-05-05.
  • Critical Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The operation left a child in the classroom unsupervised for ten minutes. The caregivers failed to follow the daily protocol when transitioning from the classroom to the playground and did not count the number of children when leaving the room. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-05-05.
Dec 5, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Oct 25, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Sep 17, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
2 deficiencies cited
  • Critical Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. There is evidence of a caregiver grabbing a child's arm multiple times and pulling that child across the classroom as a form of discipline. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-10-21.
  • Critical AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
    Inspector's note: This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-10-21.
Sep 10, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Aug 7, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Aug 6, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
2 deficiencies cited
  • Critical Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. Three buckets seats in the infant classroom were occupied by 3 infants that did not have safety straps fastened or did not have a safety strap present. Four straps were missing in the bucket seats. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-08-29.
  • Critical Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated during an investigation and found to be deficient. An infant was found sleeping in a device that is restricted to use for sleeping purposes. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-08-29.
Jul 19, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Jul 17, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 25, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 24, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Apr 1, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 28, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 13, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Feb 5, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Feb 1, 2024 · Complaint or incident investigation
2 deficiencies cited
  • Critical Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver did not have prior experience working in childcare and did not have the 8 pre-service training hours that is required before supervising a group of children. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-02-28.
  • Critical Safety Requirements for Cribs - Infant Not in Crib with Drop Gate Down
    Inspector's note: This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver stepped away from a crib before putting the gate up and an infant fell out of the crib. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-02-28.
Jan 8, 2024 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Aug 28, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Aug 24, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
1 deficiency cited
  • Critical Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
    Inspector's note: This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver admitted to pulling the child's arm when she took the child by the hand while removing the child from an argument with another child. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-09-11.
Jul 20, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Jul 20, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Jul 10, 2023 · Inspection
1 deficiency cited
  • Critical Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
    Inspector's note: Children were observed eating snack directly off of the table during inspection. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-07-10.
Apr 3, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 27, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 24, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 23, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
2 deficiencies cited
  • Critical Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
    Inspector's note: This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregivers did not demonstrate competency when the operations protocols were not followed when the children were in transition from the playground to the gym. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-27.
  • Critical Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
    Inspector's note: This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child wandered away from the class line and went into a vacant room unsupervised. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-03-27.
Mar 21, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Mar 7, 2023 · Inspection
7 deficiencies cited
  • Critical CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
    Inspector's note: Staff files were reviewed and found that one staff had the on line only version of CPR certification. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-03-21.
  • Critical Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
    Inspector's note: During inspection an infant was observed to be asleep in a swing for 5 minutes. The caregivers were observed on video looking at the infant asleep after 3 minutes. The infant was removed and placed in bed after the inspector asked the child to be moved. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-07.
  • Non-critical Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
    Inspector's note: During inspection staff files were reviewed and one fille was missing the signed affidavit. Risk level: Medium Low. Corrected by 2023-03-21.
  • Critical Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area
    Inspector's note: During inspection it was observed that a caregiver did not sanitize a changing table after a diaper change. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-03-07.
  • Critical Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant's Hands
    Inspector's note: During inspection it was observed that a child's hands were not washed after a diaper change. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-03-07.
  • Critical Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
    Inspector's note: During the course of an investigation, it was viewed on video footage that a child was grabbed by the arm and taken to the bean bag for time out by a caregiver. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-07.
  • Critical Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
    Inspector's note: It was observed during inspection that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child. It was also observed on video that a caregiver did not wash hands after multiple diaper changes of children. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-03-07.
Mar 3, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
1 deficiency cited
  • Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
    Inspector's note: This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child was found in the hallway alone unsupervised and found by a parent. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-24.
Feb 17, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Feb 16, 2023 · Complaint or incident investigation
1 deficiency cited
  • Critical Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
    Inspector's note: This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child got out of a gate on the playground that was not properly latched and was picked up in the parking lot by a caregiver. A group of children were left unsupervised in a classroom when the caregiver left work for the day and did not leave them with another caregiver. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-03.
Jan 30, 2023 · Inspection
No deficiencies cited

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

Records come from Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation. They describe conditions on the inspection date and may not reflect current conditions.