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A licensed child care home in Killeen, Texas 76549

2705 Legacy Ln, Killeen, Texas 76549. (360) 481-9206.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 21, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium 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.

Apr 21, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

    “Hair spray and another chemical substance was observed on the sink in a bathroom used by the children. This was corrected during the inspection when the provider removed the chemicals from the sink and stored them separately.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2026.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Fire drills for the last 4 months of the year had not been conducted and documented.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “A copy of the operational polices was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2026.

Jul 17, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “During the inspection, the operational policies were incomplete. Missing items include promotion of outdoor activities, the local abuse address and phone number, the 1800 number for the child abuse and neglect hot line. and the emergency preparedness plan.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 25, 2024.

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

    “Lysol wipes were observed on the hand washing sink in the bathroom used by children. This was corrected when the director removed the wipes and threw the lysol wipes in the garbage.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “During the evaluation of children’s records, 6 of the 7 records reviewed was missing signatures, health statements, and discipline and guidance, parent acknowledgment of the operational policies and procedures.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 24, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “While reviewing the primary caregiver’s record it was found that there was not proof that 30 hours of annual training had been completed.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2022.

  • Floors, Ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “During the monitoring inspection there was a lot of grass observed on the carpet inside the children’s area. This was corrected at inspection when primary caregiver cleaned the carpet.”

    Rule 747.3203(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “During the monitoring inspection it was observed that a small section of fence in the yard was falling down.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 7, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 7, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 21, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 17, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 24, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 17, 2013.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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: 2-Star (the first 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 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Maria Burgos4
Tiny Troops Learning Center4
A Heart for the Children0
Theresas Creative Minds This child care provider6
Carmen Y Benitez Rivera2
Just for Tots #428
Asymca @ Dr. Joseph A. Fowler8
2y Smart Kids Care, LLC33
Doris West4
Anita Delores Smith1
Sandra Lee Powell9
Pershing Park YMCA0

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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