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Mercy Gate Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Mont Belvieu, Texas 77523

9627 Eagle Dr, Mont Belvieu, Texas 77523. (281) 576-6845.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 21 child care providers in Chambers County had 2.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 21, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 30, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 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.

Oct 30, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “A current fire inspection was not available.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 12, 2024.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “A current gas leak inspection was not available.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies were lacking information related to the support of inclusive services.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2024.

Nov 7, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months

    “Two new caregivers were lacking training for infant care. Both caregivers were working in rooms for children under 24 months of age.”

    Rule 746.1305(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “One caregiver was lacking current First Aid and CPR training. This caregiver was working in a classroom with children.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Crib

    “The sheets in the cribs in the 12-18 month infant room were not snug fitting. The Director changed the sheets during the inspection. A picture was taken.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2023.

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “The infants in the 12-17 month old room were sitting in the table where straps are attached to the chair. The straps were not being used. The infants were strapped in during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s admission file was lacking a current immunization record.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 13, 2023.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 9, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

    “The operational policies were lacking information regarding safe sleep for infants under 12 months of age.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies were lacking information related to the promotion of physical activity.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 4, 2022.

Nov 1, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

    “This standard was evaluated regarding a self-report received and found to be deficient. Evidence supports a child was left in a room unsupervised.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 28, 2022.

Dec 15, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “A current fire inspection was not available.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 24, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2021.

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “Three caregivers were lacking current training for children under 24 months of age. The caregivers were caring for children under 24 months of age.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 22, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 22, 2021.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The landscape felt on the playground was showing through the rubber mulch. A rake can be used to rake the mulch to proper depth on all areas of the playground.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 16, 2021.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 21, 2026InspectionOutcome pending
Oct 22, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Nov 7, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Sep 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 13, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 9, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 1, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 15, 2021Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 13, 2015.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 341 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 21 child care providers in Chambers County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 21 in Chambers County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Warm Beginnings Learning Center2
Mercy Gate Learning Center This child care provider8
Storybook Adventure Academy1
Ms. Leah’s Learning Center0
Aleah Rose White1
Love Comes First Child Care Center1
Wee Care Child Care2
Eagles Nest Childcare18
Little Learning Academy3
Ashley WhiteNot given
The Roundup Corral Early Learning Center1
Mont Belvieu Methodist Day School2

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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