AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest
AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest is a licensed child care center in Justin, TX, licensed for up to 120 children and serving preschoolers and school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2018. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 17 times and investigated 3 reports. Inspectors recorded 35 citations, 7 of them high-risk, most often for records & paperwork (9 of 35). 11 citations came in the last 12 months. 3% were corrected during the inspection itself. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 8 centers in Justin and better than 7% of licensed centers statewide.
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Operation has an inspection form in the binder from a different operation's inspection from 2025.
One caregiver did not have their CPR Certification in their personnel file.
One caregiver did not have a personnel file at the operation.
One caregiver does not have the required pre-service trainings.
The operation's person in charge does not have access to children's records. Caregivers also did not have information with children's ages.
One caregivers has 3 of the required 15 hours of training. The caregiver also does not have any of the required topics.
The operation has one caregiver with no staff file.
The operation's site director does not have access to children's records. Caregivers also did not have information with children's ages.
One caregivers has 3 of the required 15 hours of training. The caregiver also does not have any of the required topics.
The operation has one caregiver with no staff file.
One caregiver does not have the required pre-service trainings.
Based on information gathered through the course of the investigation the operation did not report a situation that may have placed a child at risk and that parents were concerned about.
Based on information gathered during the courese of the investigation, it was determined that parents were not provided an incident report.
The operation site director does not have any 2024 trainings completed. 5.60 hours of August 2023 training was observed during inspection.
The site director did not know how to access children's admission records. CI: The site director called to the program director to get instructions on how to access the records during the inspection.
One caregiver present at the operation does not have a file and has been employed for over two weeks.
The caregiver in charge does not have access to children's records.
Two caregiver were observed caring for 40 children during the inspection. Based on information obtained during the inspection the operation has had two groups all day.
The operation's person in charge nor zone leader knew how many children they were caring for during the inspection.
Children were observed watching a movie during their designated rest time. CI: The television was turned off during inspection.
Caregiver in charge does not have access to staff records.
Two caregivers did not have an ipad or list to know the children's name or ages in their group.
Caregiver in charge does not have access to staff records.
The caregiver in charge does not have access to children's records.
The operations has two caregivers present with a total of 44 children.
The operations incident report has not been signed by the child's parent.
The site director and two caregivers were not appropriately supervising the child while in care. Resulting in a child being able to exit the building and they were not aware of the child's absence.
The operation did not create or share an incident report with the parents after children were involved in a situation that caused harm.
The operation continues to allow multiple children to use the restroom at one time.
The operation did not immediately communicate to parent's that their children were involved in a situation in which they were placed at risk.
Proper supervision was not conducted when a child inappropriately touched another child while under the care of the operation.
The operation did not create or share an incident report with the parents after children were involved in a situation that caused harm.
A caregiver did not use good judgment when they allowed multiple children to use the restroom at once after they had been trained to not allow this.
One child's medication was not in the original container.
Upon review of the safety practices sheet, the program had been conducting fire drills quarterly instead of monthly.
About this center
Common questions
Does AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest take infants?
No. Its Texas license covers preschoolers and school-age children, not infants.
What are AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest’s hours?
2:30 PM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the North Central Texas area, which includes Justin, is $47.00 a day for 3-year-olds and $44.00 a day for school-age children (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 7 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on May 9, 2025: “Report Situation Placing Children at Risk.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest compare with other daycares in Justin?
It is #8 of 8 centers in Justin by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 7% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was AlphaBEST @ Clara Love - Northwest last inspected?
Sep 10, 2026. Inspectors cited at least one rule during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1655495 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.