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Tots and Tikes Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Port Lavaca, Texas 77979

411 W Main St, Port Lavaca, Texas 77979. (361) 552-4411.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 21, 2026.

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. 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?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 12 child care providers in Calhoun County had 4.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 20, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 21, 2026.

2 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Three out of ten children’s files evaluated lacked an address for the emergency contact. Note: This was corrected when the director obtained the addresses during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2024.

Jan 24, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

    “One television was not anchored. Note: This was corrected when the director anchored the television during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
May 22, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “A child was observed walking down the hall alone and was briefly left unsupervised. Note: This was corrected when another caregiver took the child back to the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Diaper changing mat in the infant classroom and toddler room had tears preventing it from being sanitized properly. Note: The director replaced one changing mat.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Grass on one of the playgrounds exceeded six inches in some areas.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “One out of ten children’s files evaluated lacked a health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.

Jun 27, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “One caregiver stated she had 17 children, however there were 18 children she was responsible for.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2022.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The last fire inspection was conducted on May 21, 2021. Note: The fire inspection was conducted during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2022.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “One diaper changing mat was observed to be torn. Note: The mat was replaced during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2022.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The outdoor privacy fence was lacking two fence pickets. Cleaning supplies were observed in an unlocked sink cabinet. Note: The fence was repaired and the chemicals were removed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2022.

All 21 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Nov 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 6, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 11, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 24, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 22, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Dec 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 19, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 27, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 22, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 22, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 18, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 28, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 25, 2013.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 137 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 6 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 21, 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 12 child care providers in Calhoun County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 2.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 12 in Calhoun County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Tots and Tikes Learning Center This child care provider2
Babies & Beyond Daycare4
Calhoun County YMCA - Summer Camp4
Gingerbread School and Daycare8
Tots and Tikes Learning Center #22
Ink Port Lavaca Ehs/Hs10
Griffin YMCA Early Learning Center27
Ladybug Preschool0
Bright Day Preschool, LLC0
Calhoun County YMCA Jr Afterschool Care4
Calhoun County YMCA Hjm Afterschool Care3
Coastal Kids Day Care15

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 21, 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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