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Ludi’s Daycare

A licensed child care home in Corpus Christi, Texas 78415

5209 Surrey Ln, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415. (361) 834-9442.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 160 child care providers in Nueces County had 2.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 24, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

Feb 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

    “During the inspection the operation was lacking 2 health statements for 2 of the 4 animals.”

    Rule 747.3703(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 9, 2026.

Feb 27, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “Two out of the four pet records monitored were not available for review.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Animals

    “The operational policy provided to the parents for the number of pets present at the operation is not current. The policy states they have two dogs, but currently, they have three dogs and one cat.”

    Rule 747.501(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two out of the four children’s records monitored did not have a current health care provider statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “One out of the four children’s records monitored did not have a current immunization record.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 21, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Although children do not use upstairs space, the rooms located on second floor level were observed to be unsanitary and affect the air quality in the home where children are present.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 29, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The outdoor play area has exposed green and white flooring material near the play equipment that is accessible to children and poses a safety hazard.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 29, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Animals

    “The operational policy states there is one dog on premises, however, the operation has two dogs present.”

    Rule 747.501(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

    “Two dogs did not have up-to-date vaccination record on file.”

    Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2023.

Apr 20, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The outside area has two electrical wires dangling from the top of the roof down the side of the house, which presents a safety hazard to children. The wooden fence has nails protruding through the board planks that are accessible to children.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

    “One out of six children’s records evaluated did not have date of admission.”

    Rule 747.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 24, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 27, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Mar 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 21, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 20, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 20, 2014.
  • 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 160 child care providers in Nueces County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.
Source:

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

11 of the 160 in Nueces County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
New Song Child Care11
Ludi’s Daycare This child care provider5
Enchanted Childrens Academy7
After Hour Kid Power at Galvan0
Happy Octopus Early Education7
Lil Kidz Daycare3
The Tot Spot Learning Center Cc7
Upbring Head Start (Kids of the Neighborhood)0
Pep Carroll Ccisd1
Upbring Head Start (Stepping Stone)2
Normas Kidz World0
Bright Beginnings12

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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An example nursing home

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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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