Pioneer Drive CDC
Licensed Center · Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operation No. 27811
Pioneer Drive CDC holds a Full Permit issued October 19, 1985. In the state's 60-month public window it has 25 inspections on record with 31 cited deficiencies. The records below are republished verbatim from the Texas HHSC database.
License details
License status
Full Permit
Issued
October 19, 1985
Operation type
Licensed Center
Total capacity
250 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Address
750 Buccaneer Dr, Abilene, TX 79605-2730
The 60-month record
25
Inspections
0
Assessments
1
Self reports
31
Deficiencies
Deficiencies by the agency's own weight: High 17 · Medium High 9 · Medium 5 · Medium Low 0 · Low 0. These are the state's precomputed counts, republished as-is.
Inspection history
| Date | Activity | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Inspection | 0 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Inspection | 4 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | 0 |
| May 30, 2025 | Inspection | 0 |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Report | 2 |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Inspection | 0 |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Report | 0 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Inspection | 3 |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Report | 0 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Report | 2 |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Report | 2 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Inspection | 0 |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Report | 3 |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Inspection | 3 |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Inspection | 0 |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Inspection | 0 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Report | 2 |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Report | 2 |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Inspection | 0 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Report | 1 |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Inspection | 0 |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Inspection | 0 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Report | 1 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Report | 1 |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Inspection | 1 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Inspection | 0 |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Inspection | 1 |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Report | 1 |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Inspection | 2 |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Inspection | 0 |
Deficiency records
March 19, 2026 Standard § 746.5101(b) - Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
The operation did not have an updated fire inspection.
Corrected: April 3, 2026
March 19, 2026 Standard § 746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
The operation did not have an updated sanitation inspection.
Corrected: April 3, 2026
March 19, 2026 Standard § 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
A child allergic to peanuts did not have an allergy plan on file that was signed by both the parent and the physician.
Corrected: March 27, 2026
March 19, 2026 Standard § 746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
7 children were observed to be unbuckled in the kidney bean toddler table during meal service. This was corrected at inspection when all the children were removed from the table.
Corrected: March 19, 2026
April 24, 2025 Standard § 746.1203(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver made demeaning and inappropriate comments towards the children in care.
Corrected: May 19, 2025
April 24, 2025 Standard § 746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver yelled at children in care.
Corrected: May 19, 2025
November 15, 2024 Standard § 746.5401 - Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
The last documented gas inspection was from 2022.
Corrected: December 6, 2024
November 15, 2024 Standard § 746.501(a)(13) - Written Operational Policies - Enrollment
Medium Verbatim from the agency record
The operational policies did not have enrollment procedures or a policy for policy changes.
Corrected: December 6, 2024
November 15, 2024 Standard § 746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
Seven of ten children records did not have a current immunization record on file.
Corrected: December 6, 2024
June 25, 2024 Standard § 746.1309(b) - Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
Medium Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an operational staff who had access to a child in care unsupervised did not have Positive Guidance and Discipline Training when an incident occurred with prohibited punishment.
Corrected: July 15, 2024
June 25, 2024 Standard § 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an operational employee forcefully picked a child in care up off the ground by their left arm on more than one occasion when the child was acting defiant.
Corrected: July 15, 2024
March 23, 2024 Standard § 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a caregiver failed to utilize good judgement and self-control when a sleep aid was administered to children in care prior to naptime. The caregiver failed to utilize good judgement when she administered a sleep aid without parental consent.
Corrected: July 8, 2024
March 23, 2024 Standard § 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a collateral caregiver failed to report a caregiver administering an over-the-counter sleep aid to children in care prior to naptime.
Corrected: July 8, 2024
February 21, 2024 Standard § 746.1309(b) - Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
Medium Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that the primary caregiver was not current on the required annual training.
Corrected: April 4, 2024
February 21, 2024 Standard § 746.2803(2) - Discipline - Appropriate to Child's Level of Understanding
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a young child in care was placed in a crib twice for hitting another child in care as a form of punishment.
Corrected: March 21, 2024
February 21, 2024 Standard § 746.2907(b) - Toddler Out of Crib When Not Sleeping
Medium Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that toddlers were placed in their cribs at the end of day during pick-up so the caregivers could clean the classroom.
Corrected: March 21, 2024
February 8, 2024 Standard § 746.5617(a)(6) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
High Verbatim from the agency record
Two transportation vehicles were inspected. One of the two transportation vehicles did not have a first aid kit.
Corrected: February 22, 2024
February 8, 2024 Standard § 746.5617(a)(5) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
High Verbatim from the agency record
Two of the transportation vehicles were inspected. One transportation vehicle did not have a fire extinguisher. The other transportation vehicle had an expired fire extinguisher.
Corrected: February 22, 2024
February 8, 2024 Standard § 746.5625(a) - Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
High Verbatim from the agency record
Two transportation vehicles were inspected. Two vehicles did not have an electronic alarm system as required.
Corrected: May 20, 2024
September 1, 2023 Standard § 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a child in care was physically abused by a caregiver.
Corrected: November 6, 2023
September 1, 2023 Standard § 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a caregiver failed to utilize good judgment with a child in care when the caregiver applied forceful pressure to a young child's arm with their hand and pulled the child upward from the ground.
Corrected: November 6, 2023
August 7, 2023 Standard § 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that three caregivers neglectfully supervised a child in care.
Corrected: October 9, 2023
August 7, 2023 Standard § 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a young child in care was unsupervised for a 15-minute duration.
Corrected: October 9, 2023
January 19, 2023 Standard § 746.1315(a) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
Medium High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver did not have current CPR First Aid when caring for children.
Corrected: February 3, 2023
October 21, 2022 Standard § 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation that two caregivers forcefully threw a ball at a child's face leaving a red mark. It was also determined that one of the two caregivers forcefully picked a child in care up by the arms and placed the child in time-out in a forceful manner.
Corrected: November 14, 2022
October 21, 2022 Standard § 746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined that a caregiver utilized corporal punishment on a child in care during nap time.
Corrected: November 9, 2022
April 27, 2022 Standard § 746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
High Verbatim from the agency record
During the walk-through inspection 3 of the 10 classrooms had diaper creams located in the diaper changing station easily accessible to children in care. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by relocating the diaper creams to a high cabinet where children in care could not reach.
Corrected: April 27, 2022
January 24, 2022 Standard § 746.1203(4) - Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
High Verbatim from the agency record
A 3 year old child in care was in the bathroom alone unsupervised by the caregiver.
Corrected: January 24, 2022
January 11, 2022 Standard § 745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
High Verbatim from the agency record
It was determined throughout the course of the investigation that a caregiver with provisional conditions was left alone with the class for approximately a 2 minute duration.
Corrected: January 20, 2022
November 3, 2021 Standard § 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Medium Verbatim from the agency record
10 personnel files were reviewed during the unannounced inspection. All 10 personnel files were missing documentation for required annual trainings.
Corrected: November 17, 2021
November 3, 2021 Standard § 746.501(a)(9) - Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger
High Verbatim from the agency record
During the unannounced inspection the operation's policies and procedures were reviewed. The operation was missing a Safe Sleep policy. The operation was also missing instructions for contacting the local Child Care Regulation office and the abuse neglect hotline. Specifics regarding physical activity were also missing in the policies and procedures.
Corrected: November 17, 2021
About these records
These records come from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission database and cover the state's 60-month public window. Records synced from the agency on August 29, 2026. They reflect the agency's database as of that date; recent inspections may not appear yet, so verify current status with the agency or on the official record ↗. Facility operators can request a review through our corrections process.
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