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Marlin Headstart Center Eoac

A licensed child care center in Marlin, Texas 76661

Hwy 6 FM 147, Marlin, Texas 76661. (254) 803-9905.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 5 child care providers in Falls County had 8.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 19, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “Two classes were combined outside with the youngest child being 15 months old and the oldest child being 36 months old. This was corrected during the inspection when one of the classes went inside.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 19, 2026.

Feb 25, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “One of the caregivers in the infant room stepped out of the classroom briefly, leaving one caregiver with six infants. This was corrected during the inspection when another caregiver entered the classroom to put the room in ratio.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The loose-fill at the exits of the slides for the older playground had been compacted, and there was insufficient fresh loose-fill on top.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “The cots in one of the classrooms were not labeled.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Out of six children’s records reviewed, two children were missing an admission date, one was missing parental consent to emergency treatment, one was missing a health statement, and one needed an updated shot record.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Out of four staff files reviewed, one was missing a diploma and one was missing a statement that they attended orientation with an overview on abuse and neglect.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

Apr 21, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “3 of the 4 high chairs that were observed did not have safety straps on them. a child was sitting in a highchair that did not have a sfety strap. Caregiver removed the child. Safety straps were installed in 3 of the 4 highchairs during second walk through.”

    Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2025.

Jun 27, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Out of six staff files reviewed, one caregiver did not have a certificate for medication training.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 4, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 28, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 4, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Based on the information gathered during the investigation it was determined that prohibit punishment was used against a child in care.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “Based on information gathered during the investigation it was determined that children in care were being yelled at inappropriately by a caregiver.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

Jan 6, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “During the inspection observed as 23 month old watching a cartoon on a tablet. This was corrected during the inspection by the caregiver removing the tablet.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 19, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 3, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 25, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Apr 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 21, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 1, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 27, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 18, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 19, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 5, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jan 6, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 1, 1993.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 73 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 5 child care providers in Falls County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 8.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

6 of the 5 in Falls County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Marlin Headstart Center Eoac This child care provider8
Bj’s Tiny Tots Daycare6
Tiny Tots Infant House17
Mother Goose Home Day Care10
Ashlyn NuttNot given
Tracy Leigh EllisonNot given
Bright Futures3

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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