Hearth Record

Kiddie Patch Daycare Center

A licensed child care center in Teague, Texas 75860

2201 Main St, Teague, Texas 75860. (254) 739-5180.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Texas’s own record is on its child care search.

The short answer

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

The last 24 months 21 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. 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?

21 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 9 child care providers in Freestone County had 9.

17 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Apr 26, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Apr 15, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit, at the inspection on Apr 15, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

21 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

21 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 30, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies
  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing

    “One caregiver was unable to provide a copy of their current first aid and CPR card.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 14, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “Two caregivers were missing multiple required training topics for their annual training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 19, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training

    “The director was missing 3.5 hours of annual training, including training in management, communicable diseases, administering medications, food allergies, understanding building and physical premises safety, and handling hazardous materials.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2026.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “One caregiver had a group of twenty children that had a specified age of four years old. Four-year-old classes can only have eighteen children per one caregiver. This was corrected during the inspection when two of the three-year-olds in that class were transferred to another class.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 30, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 6, 2026.

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

    “The sand around the climbing structures and merry-go-round had compacted and was no longer shock-absorbing.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2026.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Out of the four children’s records reviewed, two children were missing an admission date, one child was missing an emergency contact and persons the child could be released to, two school-age children were missing their school’s information, and one parent had not acknowledged that they received the parent handbook.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 6, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 3, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Out of four staff files reviewed, one staff member was missing a pre-employment affidavit and another was missing statements that they received the employee handbook and parent handbook, and that they attended orientation with an overview on the center’s abuse neglect policies.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 6, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2026.

May 6, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A a sixteen-month-old was cmobined with the pre-k class in the front area of the operation. This was corrected during the inspection when the infant was taken to the toddler room with the toddlers.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 11, 2026.

  • Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

    “A caregiver changed a child’s diaper and did not wash hands before changing the next child’s diaper. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded about washing hands, and they washed their hands before changing the next child.”

    Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 11, 2026.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “A caregiver changed a child’s diaper and did not wash the child’s hands afterwards. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded that children’s hands must be washed after diaper changes.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 11, 2026.

  • Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

    “A caregiver changed a child’s diaper and did not sanitize the diapering surface before moving on to the next child. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was reminded to sanitize the surface between diaper changes and the caregiver did so before changing the next child”

    Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2026. Correction verified: May 11, 2026.

Apr 30, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “During the investigation, it was found that an infant who is sixteen months old was being combined with children up to four years old in the mornings during drop-off.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 30, 2026. Correction verified: May 6, 2026.

Apr 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “During the investigation, it was determined that caregivers have been supervising two classes at once by standing in the doorway between the classrooms.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2026.

May 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “Two caregivers were using their iPads for personal use. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregivers were informed that electronic devices can’t be used for personal use and the devices were turned off.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Apr 15, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The parent handbook was missing field trip procedures, information on parent’s rights, benefits of physical activity, critera for extreme weather that will prohibit outdoor play, and a plan for indoor physical activity to occur when the children cannot go outside.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 18, 2025.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “The first aid kit in the operation’s vehicle had antiseptic solution and cream that had expired. This was corrected during the inspection when the expired supplies were removed from the first aid kit.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “One caregiver who was past her first 90 days was missing an hour of pre-service training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 16, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “One caregiver did not have any annual training for the 2023-2024 training year.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2025.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “One infant had feeding instructions that were last updated in January.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 16, 2025.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The children’s product certfiication form was last signed in January 2024. This was corrected during the inspection when a new certification form was signed.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2025.

Jun 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “There was an infant sleeping in a swing. This was corrected during the inspection when the infant was removed from the swing.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 29, 2023: inspection8 deficiencies
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “There was one person observed at the operation in a classroom that did not have a background check on file. The person was sent home during the inspection, bringing the deficiency into compliance.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2023.

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “There were 3 infants that had blankets in the crib. One infant also had a boppy pillow in the crib. The blankets and boppy pillow were reviewed by a caregiver.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “There were 2 caregivers that did not have pre-service or orientation on file for review.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2023.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The 2 caregivers are drivers for the operation did not have current transportation on file.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2023.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

    “There were 4 infants observed with bottles in their cribs while they were sleeping. The bottles were removed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2023.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “There were 2 caregivers that did not complete the required annual training for the previous year. One caregiver only completed 12 hours and one caregiver did not have any trainings on file.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2023.

  • Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

    “The director had only completed 15 hours of annual training for the previous year.”

    Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There were 3 infants in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2023.

Aug 18, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “During the inspection the tires on an piece of active playground equipment was observed with rips exposing the wire.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

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

    “During the inspection a caregiver responsible for children under 24 months did not have a current training in the topics sudden infant death syndrome and early childhood brain development.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 2, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

All 20 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 30, 2026Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 11, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 6, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 30, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 26, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 1, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 15, 2025Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Jun 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 20, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 7, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 29, 2023Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Aug 30, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 18, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 11, 2016.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 53 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.
  • 3 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 9 child care providers in Freestone County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 21.
Source:

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

9 of the 9 in Freestone County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
First Methodist Preschool9
Melissa Mae Thomas6
Kiddie Patch Daycare Center This child care provider21
Angela Ielati26
Little Lions Daycare4
Jacqueline Nicole Lott68
Follow Me Montessori Pre-School3
Derekia ColemanNot given
Sara Magouirk0
Noahs Ark Preschool17

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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Texas HHSC or Texas Workforce Commission. Texas’s own record is on its child care search. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

1 of 4

Every fact names its source.

Who published it, when, and how often it changes sit beside each fact, with a link to the agency’s own file.

Sign in

A free account keeps your watch list, shortlists, comparisons and saved searches on every device, and can email you when something you watch changes. Browsing never needs one.