First Start Day Care

A licensed child care home in Austin, Texas 78729

13116 Tamayo Dr, Austin, Texas 78729. (512) 335-3072.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Williamson County: 3
3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
9 inspections on record
2-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 467 child care providers in Williamson County had 3.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on May 28, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the report to the state on Jan 13, 2026

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 Mar 4, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Registered or Licensed Child-Care Home Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, unless located in a School Facility, at the inspection on Mar 14, 2024

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 13, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

“An individual was present without receiving a background check eligibility letter. This was corrected when the individual left the operation.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2026.

Mar 4, 2025: 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

“Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, staff were unaware of how a scratch to a child occurred.”

Rule 747.1503(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 27, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 3, 2025.

Feb 18, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

“The primary caregiver does not have training in the health and safety topics.”

Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2025.
Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

“The operation does not have a written activity plan.”

Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“Two infants do not have feeding instructions on file.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2025.

Mar 14, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

Registered or Licensed Child-Care Home Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, unless located in a School Facility

“The carbon monoxide in the home was not working properly.”

Rule 747.5331. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2024.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“Two children files were lacking a health statement from a health care professional.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years

May 9, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

“A caregiver did not have the appropriate CPR training.”

Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2023.
Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

“LCCH did not have proof of liability insurance or proof of confirmation to the parents of no insurance.”

Rule 747.209(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2023.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“4 of the 4 children files reviewed were lacking health statements from a health care professional stating they can participate in program.”

Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2023.
Personnel Records- Training Hours

“There were no training hours for inspector to review.”

Rule 747.901(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2023.
Records for Primary Caregiver - Training Hours

“There were no training hours for inspector to review.”

Rule 747.909(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2023.

All 11 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
May 28, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 21, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 15, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 13, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 3, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 7, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 4, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Feb 18, 2025	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Mar 14, 2024	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 9, 2023	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
May 23, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued May 12, 1999.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 467 child care providers in Williamson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 7.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 467 in Williamson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Learn and Play Preschool	0
Challenger School	2
First Start Day Care This child care provider	7
Lake Creek Montessori International School	4
Casa De Ninos Bilingual Montessori School	0
Woodland Montessori	1
Littlehands Homechildcare	3
Joy Park Montessori School	1
Schola International	11
Little Hands International Preschool	5
Montessori Oaks	25
Pond Springs YMCA of Central Texas	1

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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