Kids Under Construction
A licensed child care center in Mount Vernon, Texas 75457
319 Kaufman St S, Mount Vernon, Texas 75457. (903) 537-4311.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Franklin County: 3
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 21 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2 child care providers in Franklin County had 3.
21 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 2, 2026: no violation found.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 19, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“One caregiver lacked 0.5 hours of training to complete last years annual training. This was corrected at inspection as the a training completed for the current training year was used to complete last years annual training. One of the directors lacked 0.5 hours training to complete last years annual training. This was corrected at inspection as the a training completed for the current training year was used to complete last years annual training.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“One panel in the white fence is not secured and blows up when the wind blows. Additionally, there were some holes a few of the panels that has created sharp edges.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“The last gas inspection was observed completed 3/16/2023. You must have a gas inspection once every 2 years.”
May 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“One child’s food allergy plan was not signed by the parent. One child’s food allergy letter did not include the possible symptoms if exposed to a food on the list; the steps to take if the child has an allergic reaction; and the health care professional and parent signatures.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“The operation has not reviewed the CPSC Recall list in over one year to verify that there are not recalled items in the center.”
13 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 24, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. It was discovered that a staff member had hit a child on their arm as a form of discipline.”
Jul 19, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“One infants feeding instruction form has not been reviewed or updated by the parent or health care professional since 5//2023. Infant feeding instructions must be reviewed and updated by a parent or health care professional every 30 days until the child starts eating table food.”
Mar 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver who did not have a background check has been present at the operation assisting to care for children. This was corrected at inspection as the operation submitted the individuals background check request.”
Mar 13, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“One portion of the fence has come detached and needs repaired. On the school age playground, construction netting was observed down in one area where it had been installed to prevent children’s access to a large tree on the ground.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“The operation’s last gas inspection was observed 3/5/2021. You must have a gas inspection at least once every 2 years.”
Mar 3, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted it was determined that in one classroom during naptime, children have gotten in trouble if they did not sleep meaning they are required to put their nap mat by the teacher and sleep or gotten their name written down on the board and not given a reward of candy or a sticker as a result.”
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Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted, it was determined that staff are not providing an alternative quite activity to non-sleeping children until the nap/rest time is over for the other children.”
Nov 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded
“One side of fencing is missing around the a/c units outside in the playground area making the a/c units accessible to the children. Several electrical outlets were observed without child proof covers in one room used by the children.”
Nov 17, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted, it was determined that a caregiver failed to adequately supervise a group of children when the caregiver fell asleep in class during naptime. This caregiver is no longer employed by the operation.”
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Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that a caregiver did not diaper an infant promptly as the child was not diapered for over 2 hours.”
Aug 15, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“The operation only had documentation of fire drills, smoke detector checks, carbon monoxide detector checks completed in the following months of 2022: January, February, March, May, June, and August. You must conduct fire drills, smoke detector checks, and carbon monoxide detector checks monthly.”
Nov 17, 2021: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews it was determined staff did not adequately supervise children on the playground as staff stood by each other visiting while the children were playing.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Loose fill surfacing is not being maintained at 6 inches around the play equipment on the playground containing the Grocery Store.”
All 27 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 22, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 13, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 23, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 10, 1992.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
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.
- 6 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2 child care providers in Franklin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kids Under Construction This child care provider | 5 |
| Hannah Talsma | 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
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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