Hope’s Little Preschool
A licensed child care center in Ben Wheeler, Texas 75754
1802 FM 314, Ben Wheeler, Texas 75754. (903) 963-5604.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Van Zandt County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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 19 child care providers in Van Zandt County had 2.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 30, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on May 23, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on May 13, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
May 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“The operation allowed a person to be present at the operation giving direct care to children before receiving notice from CBCU regarding the person’s eligibility.”
May 13, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. Operation staff heard a caregiver yelling at an infant on the playground.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“At the investigation inspection, a 5 week old infant had a sleep sack in the crib covering the legs and was being used as a blanket. The caregiver removed the sleep sack from the crib at the inspection.”
Oct 30, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined the children are given screen time in the morning and afternoon that exceeds the 1-hour time limit per day allowed.”
Sep 19, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
“The operation did not self report to Child Care Regulation when two staff tested positive for Covid in July of 2022.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“At the inspection, the infant playground is needing to be mowed. The grass is growing above the edges of the play equipment.”
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Documentation of Drills
“At the inspection, the emergency practice form was reviewed to not have been updated since March 30, 2022.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“1 out 5 children’s records reviewed did not have an immunization record included in the child’s file.”
Nov 12, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
“3 out of 3 employee training records were not available at the time of the inspection. The director and two staff training records were not available for review.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 30, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 30, 2013.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 70 children.
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.
- 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 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 19 child care providers in Van Zandt County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 2.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Hope’s Little Preschool This child care provider | 2 |
| Methodist Day School | 1 |
| Madeleine Finn | 0 |
| Legacy Preschool | 0 |
| The Village Learning Academy | 9 |
| Children’s Depot Learning Center | 3 |
| Tamberlee Harrison Mitchell | 12 |
| Van Learning Center | 0 |
| Tender Learning Center | 2 |
| Pecan Ridge Learning Academy | 3 |
| Farmhouse Friends Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Billie Watts | 2 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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