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Storybook Hollow Childcare and Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Lufkin, Texas 75901

607 S Chestnut St, Lufkin, Texas 75901. (936) 632-1543.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 37 child care providers in Angelina County had 2.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 24, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Apr 9, 2025

Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Dec 1, 2023

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

11 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 30, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “There were two groups of children on the playground. One group was nine 2-3 year olds with one caregiver and the other group was eight 12-24 mo olds with a SAG of 24mos with one caregiver. The caregiver of the 2-3 year olds left the playground and went to the bathroom, leaving the outdoor groups combined and out of ratio. This was corrected at the time of the inspection by the caregiver returning to the playground.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “There was a trash can in each bathroom without lids. The person in charge corrected this at the time of the inspection by replacing the trash cans with lids.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “There were two play structures on the playground that did not have the required amount of loose fill.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

Apr 9, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “The Fire Inspection expired. The Director is going to correct this by getting the Fire Inspection done.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 21, 2025.

  • Sanitize Tables Tops, Furniture and Similar Equipment

    “There were caregivers that did not know the correct sanitizing procedures.”

    Rule 746.3407(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 11, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2025.

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

    “The Diaper Changing mat in the 2 year old room had a tear. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by replacing the mat.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2025.

Dec 1, 2023: report to the state5 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “One employee at the operation was found reason to believe for Neglect by Department of Family and Protective Services.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “A caregiver in charge of a group of children used her personal cell phone to video a child to send the video to a person who was not present at the operation.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “A caregiver present and in charge of a group of a group of children did not have current CPR and First Aid training.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Must Keep Hand on Child

    “A caregiver placed an infant child on a changing table and did not keep her hand on the child to reduce the risk of rolling/falling from the changing table. This allowed the child to fall from the changing table without any intervention from the caregiver.”

    Rule 746.3503(c)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Caregiver Must Face Child and Be Within Arm’s Length of Child

    “A caregiver placed an infant on the changing table and turned her body away, no longer looking at the in infant. The infant rolled off the changing table.”

    Rule 746.3503(c)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 26, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone

    “There was a person caring for children who did not have a background check submitted. The Director corrected this by having the person leave and is entering her background check.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2023.

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

    “The fire inspection expired one 8-23-23. The Director is going to correct this by getting the fire inspection done.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2023.

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

    “There were a few tears in the diaper changing mat in the toddler room. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by covering the tears with duct tape and will replacing the mat tomorrow.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2023.

Oct 24, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “There was a piece of climbing equipment that did not have the required amout of loose fill. The Director is going to correct this by getting more loose fill and upping supervision until the lose fill is installed.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “There were two clasrooms seen during the walk through were children were watching a cartoon during breakfast. The caregviers corrected this at the time of the inspection by turning off the televisions.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 24, 2022.

Jan 25, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “Two bottles in the infant room were not labeled. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by labeling the bottles.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2022.

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

    “The diaper changing mat in the two year old room had a tear in it. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by replacing the mat.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2022.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 7, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 23, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 13, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 30, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 29, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 9, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
May 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 1, 2023Report to the state5 deficiencies cited
Sep 26, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 24, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 25, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 8, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 67 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSA).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 37 child care providers in Angelina County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 11.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 37 in Angelina County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Pine Tree Preschool3
Storybook Hollow Childcare and Learning Center This child care provider11
Nini’s Nest1
Lufkin Head Start Center1
Debra Jewell WadeNot given
Kimberly TippitNot given
The Learning Station Preschool7
Kids Cove Early Learning Center, LLC2
Kid’s Konnection Preschool3
Panther Cubs Early Learning Center4
Tulane Kid’s Academy, Inc.0
The Kids Depot Preschool0

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 27, 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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