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Brandy Hoyt

A registered child care home in Little Elm, Texas 75068

2533 Ash Dr, Little Elm, Texas 75068. (469) 600-2286.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 21, 2026: 5 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

13 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.

Jul 21, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “The primary caregiver’s CPR/First-Aid has expired in May 2026.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2026.

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

    “Personal and cleaning supplies were accessible to the children in the restroom.”

    Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 22, 2026.

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “The immunization records for two dogs have expired since 2023.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2026.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver was lacking 6 hours of training.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A child younger than two years was seen watching television. This issue was addressed during the inspection when the caregiver switched off the TV.”

    Rule 747.2105(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2026.

Sep 6, 2024: inspection8 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Equipment for Infants - Baby Walkers

    “An infant was observed using a baby walker. This was corrected during the inspection when the equipment was removed.”

    Rule 747.2315(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2024.

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Dog feces were accessible to the children in the backyard.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2024.

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “The vaccination records for the two dogs had not been updated since 2021.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 20, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2024.

  • Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

    “Information about the child’s special care needs was missing from the records of four children that were inspected.”

    Rule 747.605(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver was lacking 14 hours of the annual training in the following topics: Understanding early childhood brain development, Child growth and development, Guidance and discipline, Age-appropriate curriculum, Teacher-child interaction, Management techniques, leadership, or staff supervision.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2024.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Sterile Gauze pads

    “The first aid kit was missing gauze pads.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “Information about “Parent’s Rights” was not included in the operational policies.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.

  • Sign-in/out Logs Storage

    “The sign-in/out logs had not been updated since May 2024.”

    Rule 747.635(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 10, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 12, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - Registered Child Care Home

    “During the inspection on 10/12/22, the operation was out of ratio, with 8 children in care. Two children were 0-17 months, five children who are 18 months and older, and 1 child who is a school age.”

    Rule 747.1701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2022.

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    The inspectors’ words, 123 words

    “The homes operational policies were observed and missing the following; (1)Procedure for the release of children, (4)Procedures for handling medical emergencies, (5)Discipline and guidance policy, (6)Safe sleep policy for infants from birth through 12 months, (7)Animals, (8)Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity-(A) and (C), (9)Procedures for parents to visit the child-care home any time during your hours of operation (10) Procedures for parents to review a copy of the child-care home’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online, (11) Instructions on how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website, (12) Your emergency preparedness plan, and (13) Procedures for conducting health checks.”

    Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 18, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two childrens files were observed missing health statements.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2022.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Pet Vaccinations

    “Four dogs files were observed missing updated vaccinations. Two of the dogs do not have health statements on file.”

    Rule 747.801(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2022.

  • Personnel Records for Household Members - Orientation

    “One household member does not have an orientation signed.”

    Rule 747.905(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 18, 2022.

All 4 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 21, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Sep 6, 2024Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Nov 3, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 12, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Nov 18, 2015.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
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.
  • 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 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 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 13.
Source:

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

11 of the 490 in Denton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Robins Nest Montessori School1
Arise & Shine Childcare0
Leisd Childcare Programs @ Herschel Zellars Center2
Brandy Hoyt This child care provider13
Chetna ThankiNot given
Kiddie Academy of Little Elm24
Alphabest @ Miller ? Frisco32
Crossridge Preschool Academy6
Yesenia MartinezNot given
The Montessori Learning House Bilingual School7
The Children’s Lighthouse of Oak Point2
Happy Kids Montessori Childcare7

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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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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