Texas distinguishes listed family homes, registered homes, and licensed homes. The HHS Forms and Handbooks site is the current source for originals; many dynamic PDFs need desktop Adobe Reader.
Agency: Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation Paperwork source review: September 14, 2026
Use your print window to print on paper or save as a PDF. The organizer is a planning aid for your files.
Check the form and your provider type.
An official agency form is issued or listed by the agency; that label alone does not establish mandatory use. A required state form is identified as mandatory in the cited instructions. A required record identifies information you must maintain; its format may be flexible. An optional template is a suggested format. Official instructions / portal links explain the application or record process.
Read “Applies to” and “Format and applicability” for each item. Home, group-home, center, local licensing, food-program, and subsidy requirements can differ.
Application & renewal
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Official instructions / portal
Child Care Regulation Provider Center
Submit home applications, renewals, changes, and background-check requests.
Applies to
Home-based applicants and permitted child care operations
Who completes it
Applicant/permit holder
Where it goes
CCR Provider Center account.
When to use or update
At startup, permit renewal, or an operation change; portal supplies the applicable workflow.
Format and applicability: JavaScript and an account are needed. Public indexed Provider Center guidance describes the workflows; the live login exposed no application fields.
Selected official forms and public instructions were reviewed on September 14, 2026. This is a practical starting list, not a complete certification of every record, retention period, local rule, or individual application.
Dynamic XFA PDFs for admission, operation plan, and medication did not expose their substantive fields in the browser; only current official publication metadata is asserted.
A Texas subsidy/CACFP provider form was not verified in this collection; licensing forms do not replace those programs' paperwork.
Use the agency’s current original and revision instructions. Keep confidential child and staff records in your own secure record system.
Use this sheet to check which items apply to your program. A listed item or a checked box does not establish that your program meets licensing requirements.
Program / provider type:
Licensing office / reviewer:
Date checked / rule or packet edition:
Form or instruction
Applies? Yes / No / Ask
Received / completed
Location / next review
1. Child Care Regulation Provider Center
2. Plan of Operation for Licensed Center and Home Operations (2948)
3. Admission Information (2935)
4. Incident or Illness Report (7239)
5. Medication Authorization (7255)
6. Child Care Regulation Request for Background Check (2971)
7. Staff Training Record (7250)
8. Emergency Practices (7263)
Other local or agency document
Food-program / subsidy documents
Questions and next steps
Ask about required format, signatures, submission, update triggers, and retention. Record the agency’s answer and the person or written source that confirmed it.
Companion to the Texas source review dated September 14, 2026. Provider Path educational planning sheet.
Use your existing tools alongside these sources.
Keep official licensing records with your program’s business records. Provider Path’s editable agreement, handbook, and daily forms can help organize your work; check the state instructions before choosing a format.
