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Kid’s Quest Childcare & Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Killeen, Texas 76542

501 W Stan Schlueter Loop Ste 102, Killeen, Texas 76542. (254) 681-5371.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 21, 2025: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation, at the report to the state on Nov 20, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

1 deficiency 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.

Nov 20, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation

    “During the DFPS investigation, it was found that the director knew about the incident and did not report it to licensing.”

    Rule 746.1201(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 19, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Operation Open to Parents At All Times

    “During the investigation it was found that parents are encouraged to drop off and pick up their children outside and not enter into the building.”

    Rule 746.201(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 16, 2023.

Jun 8, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “During the monitoring inspection it was found that a child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have an emergency plan available for review at the operation.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 22, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2023.

  • Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

    “During the monitoring inspection it was observed that there was no loose fill under the spring rockers in the playground area.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2023.

Jul 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment -Provides Sufficient Walking and Work Space

    “Children were observed sleeping without sufficient walk and work spaces for caregivers between each child. This was corrected during the inspection when the children were moved to have adequate spacing between them.”

    Rule 746.2909(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “Two infants did not have infant feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.

Apr 5, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

    “A caregiver was observed leaving a classroom of infants while conducting other tasks.”

    Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2022.

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “Two infants were observed sleeping in restrictive devices. The infants were removed from the devices during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2022.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “A classroom of 21 children was found to be out of child/caregiver ratio for the ages of children in the classroom. To meet compliance, the children were split between two classrooms durng the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2022.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A television with a cartoon playing was turned on in a classroom of infants under two years of age. The screen was turned off during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 5, 2022.

Jan 27, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two of seven child files were observed to be missing health statements from a physician.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 18, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 20, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 19, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 8, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 27, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 5, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Mar 15, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 27, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 14, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 27, 2016.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 66 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: 2-Star (the first 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 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 1.
Source:

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

11 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Faith’s First Steps Home Daycare0
Extreme Cheer -N- Tumble0
Petra Ann Wilson0
Creation of Life2
Kimberly Davis0
Kid’s Quest Childcare & Learning Center This child care provider1
Lil Fox’s Den Child Development Center, LLC1
Brain Builders Learning Center2
Mary JonesNot given
Reeces Creek YMCA0
Asymca Alice W. Douse0
Cedar Valley YMCA0

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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