Austin · Licensed center
Happy Faces Bilingual Child Care Center
- Small center, licensed for 29 children.
What the state has found
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State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- March 25, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- High —
There was an individual present at the operation and in the classroom supervising children without a submitted background check. This was corrected at the inspection when the individual was asked to leave.
· March 25, 2025
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.
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · March 25, 2025
745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation · High
There was an individual present at the operation and in the classroom supervising children without a submitted background check. This was corrected at the inspection when the individual was asked to leave.
746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current · Medium High
Out of the four children's files reviewed one did not have up to date immunizations or documentation of them.
746.501(a)(6) - Written Operational Policies - Parental Notifications · Medium
The operation did not have written policies on the following: parental notification and communication, preventing /responding to A/N/E, employee vaccinations, and gang-free zone.
Jun 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · June 22, 2023
746.201(1) - Policies Comply with Rules · High
Operational policies did not comply with minimum standards.
746.605(12) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization · High
Two children did not have emergency medical facility information listed.
746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit · Medium Low
One staff member did not have an affidavit in their file.
Feb 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 25, 2022
746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees · Medium Low
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required
Jul 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 29, 2021
746.801(12) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report · Medium · No longer on the state’s site as of August 27, 2026
The last sanitation inspection for the operation is 10/21/2019.
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Details
- Website
- happyfacesbilingual.com
- Address
- 1115 E Saint Johns Ave
- License
- 823034, active
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website happyfacesbilingual.com
Small means the smallest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 12 to 61 children. Medium is 62 to 153; large is 154 to 731.