Avance Uvalde Head Start Center
A licensed child care center in Uvalde, Texas 78801
215 W Nopal St, Uvalde, Texas 78801. (830) 278-3610.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Uvalde County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 16 child care providers in Uvalde County had 3.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 27, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Apr 28, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Apr 28, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“Two classrooms with children under five years old were missing outlet covers that were in reach of children. This was corrected at inspection when caregivers put covers on outlets.”
Apr 28, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver responsible for the classroom during another caregiver’s absence to assist a child in the restroom, the caregiver was unaware that an injury occurred. This indicates a failure to maintain proper awareness and supervision of the children in care.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver was deficient in appropriate guidance and discipline after she was observed pulling a child by the arm in an attempt to stop the child from running around. It was also observed by another witness about same caregiver on a similar incident of pulling a child.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 2, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Two out of ten staff trainings were reviewed. One caregiver was lacking 7 hours of annual training for the 2021-2022 training year. One caregiver was missing 17 hours of annual training for the 2021-2022 training year.”
Feb 2, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation
“The last CCR inspection posted was from 2020. Corrected at inspection: The center printed the previous inspection form provided in 2021.”
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Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
“The parent handbook was lacking the indoor/outdoor activity section.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 1, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 10, 2012.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 142 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 16 child care providers in Uvalde County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Avance Ninos De Uvalde | 0 |
| Avance Uvalde Head Start Center This child care provider | 3 |
| Rainbow Pals Learning Center | 3 |
| Uvalde C.i.s.d. | 4 |
| The Buddy Club | 3 |
| St. Philip’s Episcopal School | 3 |
| Cplc Mshs Uvalde | 1 |
| Katie’s Klubhouse | 8 |
| A Child’s Discovery | 6 |
| Alphabet Club | 4 |
| Erlinda Charles | Not given |
| Brianna Raylene Hernandez | 0 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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