Center for Transforming Lives ACDC
Center for Transforming Lives ACDC is a licensed child care center in Arlington, TX, licensed for up to 179 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2012. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 29 times and investigated 15 reports. Inspectors recorded 28 citations, 19 of them high-risk, most often for caregiver conduct (11 of 28). 7 citations came in the last 12 months, including 5 high-risk. 4% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 18 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #75 of 108 centers in Arlington and better than 25% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. It is evident that a caregiver grabbed the child who resisted entering the bathroom. The child was in the bathroom for approximately 5-7 minutes.
Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregiver grabbed the child when the child resisted.
Based on the investigation findings, this standard was reviewed and found noncompliant with the Minimum Standards for Child Care Centers. The caregivers did not conduct face/name checks. As a result, the child was left alone in the classroom.
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and determined that caregiver did not use good judgment when taking a child to a supplies closet, closed the door and remained inside for 1 minute 30 seconds. It was also observed that another caregiver did not make a good judgment when she had knowledge of the incident and did not notify management in a timely manner.
It was observed that a two year old child did not wash their hands after diaper changing.
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance with the minimum standard rules. There is evident that a caregiver took a two year old child to the closet and remained inside for approximately 1 minute 30 seconds.
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation. Through video footage, a caregiver was observed forcefully lifting a child from her chair and directing her to a designate area. Child was crying during the incident, no injuries were observed.
This rule is being evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be incompliance. Child was left unattended in a classroom and was found by another caregiver in the building.
A caregiver was found sleeping in a classroom while children are in her care.
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver observer flicked a child nose.
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver has grabbed a child by upper arms and takes him out of one chair and moves him to another chair.
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation, and observation by the Childcare Investigator from DFPS, a two year olds child was observed in a toilet for almost two hours.
Based on the preponderance of evidence of the investigation by DFPS, a caregiver observed leaving the room on 3 different occasions where she has no visual and/or auditorial of the children.
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver was observed on video to forcefully grab a child and place the child forcefully in a chair.
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver admitted to leaving children sitting on a potty chair for 30 minutes at a time, while potty training.
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver was observed on video to flic a child on the mouth and nose and slap a child in the face.
This standard was evaluated at the result of the DFPS investigation, and the standard was found to be deficient as the caregiver was found reason to believe for physical abuse. The caregiver was found flick children on the nose and mouth. The caregiver was swatting children on the bottom and slapping them on the cheek. There was bruising to a child thigh where the caregiver was observed to have grabbed the child earlier in the day. Also, as the result of DFPS investigation and the standard was found to be deficient as the second caregiver was found reason to believe for neglect supervision. The second caregiver in the classroom observed the behavior and prohibited discipline by the other caregiver in the room and did not intervene or report it to management.
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. The caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment when using excessive force and inappropriate discipline children. The second caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment by not intervene and report to management as she was present in the classroom while her co-worker uses excessive force and inappropriately discipline children.
An infant fell asleep during floor time. The caregiver stated that the child fell asleep 5 minutes before I observed the classroom. I walked back to the room 10 minutes later and the child was still sleeping on the floor.
The facility did not have the inspection from from the previous inspection posted on the parent board.
The scissors being used in the 2yr old class are specified for use by kindergarden and first grade.
The caregiver who attended to the injured child did not have current first aid training. Her certificate expired in 3/2023.
The child's file was not available for review upon request during the 04/27/2023 inspection.
The caregivers' training files were not available for review upon request during the 04/27/2023 inspection.
Three caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they had a 10 minute long conversation amongst themselves while caring for children. Two caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when they observed three children rolling around on each other on the carpet and did not intervene. This incident occurred for 2 minutes.
A caregiver was observed seated not free from administrative duties for 13 minutes while caring for children.
The caregivers did not know who was responsible for the child, each of the three caregivers stated that they were not responsible for the child when the incident occurred.
A group of 11 children were observed without an activity for 23 minutes. This occurred after two additional caregivers joined the classroom with 4 toddlers.
About this center
Common questions
Does Center for Transforming Lives ACDC take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Center for Transforming Lives ACDC’s hours?
6:30 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Center for Transforming Lives ACDC accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
Has Center for Transforming Lives ACDC had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 19 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Aug 14, 2026: “Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Center for Transforming Lives ACDC compare with other daycares in Arlington?
It is tied for #75 of 108 centers in Arlington by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 25% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Center for Transforming Lives ACDC last inspected?
Aug 18, 2026. No violations were found 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 1490966 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.