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Sherry Williams

A registered child care home in Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482

175 Spence St W, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482. (903) 951-8447.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 12 child care providers in Hopkins County had 5.5.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 16, 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 Sep 10, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Smoke-Detection System, at the inspection on Nov 14, 2023

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “A sampling of children records were evaluated. One child’s immunization record was observed incomplete. Discussed the name of the child and their missing immunizations with the primary caregiver.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2025.

Sep 10, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

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

    “A family member was present at inspection without a background check. This was corrected at the inspection as this person left the residence.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 24, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “A sampling of children records were evaluated. One child’s record lacked doctor/emergency care facility information. One child’s record lacked emergency medical authorization. One child’s record lacked an immunization record. One child immunization record was observed incomplete. Provided a list of the children and their missing information to the primary caregiver during inspection.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 25, 2024.

Nov 14, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Smoke-Detection System

    “The batteries were not working in one of the smoke detectors installed in a room used by the children. This was corrected at inspection as the provider installed new batteries into the smoke detector.”

    Rule 747.5111. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Caregivers- Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR

    “The primary caregiver did not have documentation of current CPR/First aid training.”

    Rule 747.1303(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2023.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 29, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

    “The primary caregiver lacked training in the following topics to complete last years annual training: (1) Emergency preparedness; (2) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; (3) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; (4) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    The inspectors’ words, 91 words

    “The operational policies were evaluated and lacked written procedures for the following: Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity that is consistent with Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Developmental Activities and Activity Plan). Your policies must include: (A) The duration of physical activity at your home, both indoor and outdoor; (B) The recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to participate freely and safely in physical activities; and (C) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor time.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “A sampling of children records were evaluated. One child’s record lacked the address of the designated contact. One child’s record lacked the phone number of the individual the child may be released to. One child’s immunization record was observed incomplete. One child’s record lacked a health statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 15, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 10, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 14, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 29, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 13, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 12 child care providers in Hopkins County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5.5; this one had 5.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 12 in Hopkins County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Water Oak Preschool8
Sherry Williams This child care provider5
Sulphur Springs Christian Preschool6
Carrol Wheeler11
Anneke’s Private Academy15
Noah and Company Kid Care5
Abigale DoddNot given
Angela Allen1
Sherry Valentine1
Lighthouse Montessori Academy0
Ronda Brice9
Little Texans Learning Center13

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 24, 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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