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Poka Dots Day Care

A licensed child care center in Laredo, Texas 78045

503 Shiloh Dr, Laredo, Texas 78045. (956) 568-1299.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 128 child care providers in Webb County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the report to the state on May 29, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 2, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “Two out of ten employee records evaluated did not have an active CPR/First Aid certificate on file.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The health inspection was last conducted on May 27, 2025.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2026.

Sep 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Document Test Date, Battery Installation Date, and Staff Name Testing and Installation

    “The carbon monoxide detector, smoke detectors, and fire extinguishers were inspected, but this information was not documented.”

    Rule 746.5537(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 25, 2025.

Sep 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “An infant classroom was observed to have one caregiver supervising 9 infants ranging from ages 12 months to 16 months. Classroom was out of child/caregiver ratio. One employee was observed stepping out of an infant classroom, leaving the classroom out of cihld/caregiver ratio. Classroom had 6 infants ranging from ages 12 months to 18 months with two caregivers. One employee was observed walking back to her classroom. Classroom had 1 caregiver supervising 18 two year old children. Classroom was left out of child/caregiver ratio.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2024.

  • Diaper Changing Steps-Supplies Kept Out of Child’s Reach

    “Diaper changing supplies were under diaper changing tables in 4 classrooms. Doors were not locked.”

    Rule 746.3501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2024.

May 29, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Person without a background check was observed present at the operation during inspection. Note: Individual left the operation during inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 29, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Ten children’s files were reviewed. Two files were pending updated immunization records.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2023.

  • Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities

    “Infant activity schedule did not include a time for outdoor play. Infants were observed watching an educational video on an ipad.”

    Rule 746.2206(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2023.

Feb 17, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - No Foods That Present Choking Risk

    “Toddlers were observed eating hot dogs. Hot dogs were not properly cut.”

    Rule 746.3317(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 17, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2023.

  • Outdoor Activity Space Accessible By Safe Route or get required approval of plan

    “Outdoor activity plan for suite that is not adjacent to main building was not availble for review.”

    Rule 746.4311. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2023.

  • Install CO Detection System-Electric or Battery Operated-on Every Level of Each Building

    “Carbon monoxide detector was not available in newly added suite.”

    Rule 746.5535(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

Oct 3, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age

    “Two non-walking infants were observed sleeping on mats during naptime.”

    Rule 746.2405(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 5, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 9, 2022.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “Environmental inspection was last conducted on 08/18/2021.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 9, 2022.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Ten files were reviewed. Seven children were pending updated immunization records.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 2, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 5, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 18, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 6, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 31, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 29, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 3, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 17, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 3, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 5, 2013.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 147 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

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

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 128 child care providers in Webb County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 128 in Webb County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Castillito’s Day Care1
Poka Dots Day Care This child care provider6
Blooming Kids LLC8
Veronica Alvarez Avila0
Little Star6
Sunshine Academy Lcc9
School of Wonder, Inc.2
Little Friends L.c. LLC13
Play and Learn2
Johnson’s Daycare & Learning Center #34
Poka Dots #2 Daycare and Learning Center4
Daniela’s Home Daycare1

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 Nov 5, 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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