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Little Cherub Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Helotes, Texas 78023

12840 N. FM 1560, Helotes, Texas 78023. (210) 695-6320.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 21, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on Apr 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jun 17, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

9 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: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher in the van was not secured in one of the vans.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: May 4, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR

    “Two caregivers dd not have current CPR/First aid certifications that met requirements of hands-on skill based instruction.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

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

    “The changing table pad in the twos room was observed to be ripped in a few places, making the pad absorbent and unable to be properly sanitized.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap

    “The use zone of the slide structure and a climbing structure overlap one another.”

    Rule 746.4805(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System

    “Only 29 of the 41 children in care were signed in for the day. Noted: this was corrected during the inspection when arrival times were added to the sign in sheets.”

    Rule 746.631(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2026.

May 9, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Three out of ten children records did not have current immunizations.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 28, 2025.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “Three out of ten children files were missing the health statement on their enrollment form.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 19, 2025.

Jun 17, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “A caregiver did not exercise good judgment when she failed to notify the director or assistant director of an injury that occurred in the classroom until over 5 hours after the incident occurred.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2024.

Feb 27, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children

    “A caregiver reported carrying a child “like a football” because he did not want to lay down for naptime. This action caused an injury to the child’s face.”

    Rule 746.1203(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2024. Correction verified: May 9, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 21, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released

    “The operation’s Emergency Preparedness Plan did not contain information regarding continuity of care regarding the children at their designated relocation area.”

    Rule 746.5202(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 24, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child, age 9 mos, was missing their 2nd and 3rd PCV vaccination. One child, 22 months, was missing their 4th DtAP, 4th PCV, MMR and Varicella vaccinations.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 8, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 21, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Aug 5, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 9, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 17, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 17, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 27, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 21, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 4, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 26, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 91 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.
  • 4 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
Source:

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

11 of the 768 in Bexar County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Cherub Learning Center This child care provider9
Helotes Learning Center5
Pascuala BallezaNot given
Gabriela MorrisNot given
Little Oaks Discovery School9
The Butterfly Academy Spanish Immersion Learning Center5
Kiddie Academy of Helotes0
Jennifer Cantu0
Elizabeth M. Villegas0
Childrens Lighthouse Helotes0
Ranch Kids16
Crown of Life Lutheran School3

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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