Ms. Roo’s Little Critters, LLC

A licensed child care center in Shiner, Texas 77984

421 W 12th St, Shiner, Texas 77984. (361) 594-2099.

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The short answer

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

26 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Lavaca County: 9
10 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
30 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 26 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

26 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 15 child care providers in Lavaca County had 9.

30 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Smoke Detectors Testing, at the inspection on Oct 14, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Oct 9, 2025

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 inspection on Jun 18, 2024

7 more rated High; all are listed below.

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

26 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 16, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

“Four out of four personnel records evaluated lacked a pre employment affidavit.”

Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 19, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 19, 2026.

Oct 14, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

Smoke Detectors Testing

“The operation did not check the smoke detectors or carbon monoxide detectors for the month of September.”

Rule 746.5319. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

“An infant was observed sleeping with a bottle.”

Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation did not conduct a fire drill for the month of September.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.
Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

“The operation did not inspect the fire extinguishers for the month of September.”

Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The operation did not certify in writing that the children product certification was reviewed since 6/5/2024.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

Oct 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

“A caregiver was observed on her cell phone for personal use during nap time.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2025.

Oct 9, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

“Based on information gathered, corporal punishment and threats of corporal punishment have been used as a form of discipline.”

Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 12, 2025.
Employees Discipline Own Children

“The director has used threats of corporal punishment towards her own child.”

Rule 746.2807. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 12, 2025.

Jun 18, 2024: inspection1 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 an inspection, a caregiver was observed out of the Pre K classroom while children were left alone in the classroom sleeping.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2024.

Jun 5, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“An infant was sleeping in a room with no caregiver present.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“Disinfecting wipes were accessible to children in the toddler room.”

Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The required Consumer Product Safety Commission form has not been completed within the last year. Note: this was corrected at the operation.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2024.

May 28, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies

Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“An infant was sleeping in a room with no caregiver present.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“During the course of an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver would step out of the room to go to the kitchen and leave infants unsupervised.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“Disinfecting wipes were accessible to children in the toddler room and pre k room.”

Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Meal preparation, except when 12 or fewer children are in care

“A caregiver prepared snack in the kitchen while supervising children.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(B). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

“Two caregivers were observed on their phone for personal use during naptime.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

“A 15 month old infant was mixed with a 4 year old during naptime.”

Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.
Children’s Products- Annual Certification

“The required Consumer Product Safety Commission form has not been completed within the last year.”

Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

Apr 26, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“During the course of an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver would step out of the room to go to the kitchen and leave infants unsupervised.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 28, 2024.

Jan 23, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

“Two out of five children files lacked the permission for medical authorization.”

Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The ceiling in the front entrance was coming apart. Disinfecting wipes were accessible to children. NOTE: The disinfectant wipes were removed.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.
Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

“One out of five children files lacked the food allergy section completed.”

Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“Two out of five children records lacked the address for the emergency contact.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.
Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

“Five out of five children files reviewed lack the date of admission.”

Rule 746.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.

17 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“An infant was observed sleeping in a room unsupervised.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2023.

May 31, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Cribs

“The operation did not have the required documentation for the cribs in the infant room.”

Rule 746.801(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 5, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2023.

Feb 15, 2023: inspection7 deficiencies

Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

“A caregiver walked out the room for a brief second and left one infant unsupervised.”

Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.
Prohibited Punishments - Hitting with Hand or Instrument

“While reviewing the Discipline sub chapter, children in care reported their teacher spanks them with a wooden spoon.”

Rule 746.2805(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.
Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

“While reviewing the Discipline sub chapter, children in care reported their teacher puts them in timeout facing the wall which results in humiliating the child.”

Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.
Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

“Two caregivers did not have current SIDS training and one caregiver did not have the required 6 topics.”

Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 17, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.
Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

“One caregiver did not wash their hands after changing a diaper.”

Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“One childs hands was not washed after their diaper was changed.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.
Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

“Two caregivers lacked current Abuse and neglect training.”

Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 17, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 28, 2023.

Mar 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“One child’s record reviewed did not have the emergency contact information complete on the admission form at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2022.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“Two children’s record reviewed did not have the latest immunization record on file available for review at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2022.

Dec 14, 2021: inspection6 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Free of other activities

“Caregiver in the Prek Classroom was observed using her cell phone during naptime not supervising the children during naptime. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the cell phone being put away.”

Rule 746.1203(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2021.
Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits

“Exit door was blocked by one toddler napping. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the toddler being moved away from the door no longer blocking the doorway.”

Rule 746.2909(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2021.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“One part of an “L” shaped metal bracket was observed to be standing up exposing sharp edges posing a safety hazard. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection with the metal bracket being removed by the director no longer posing a safety hazard.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2021.
Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“Operation’s annual fire inspection is not current as it expired on 10/26/20.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2022.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“Monthly feeding schedule was not complete for the infant in care at the time of inspection.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2021.
Napping Floor Mats Marked with Sleeping Side Distinguished

“PreK Classroom nap mats were observed not to have the sleeping side of the nap mats distinguished from the upside.”

Rule 746.4503(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 20, 2021.

All 32 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 16, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 22, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 19, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 12, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 17, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 14, 2025	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Oct 10, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Oct 9, 2025	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
May 27, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 8, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 11, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 9, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 18, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 17, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 10, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 23, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 12, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 2, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 18, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 5, 2024	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
May 28, 2024	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Apr 30, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 26, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jan 23, 2024	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Nov 6, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 23, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
May 31, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Feb 28, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 15, 2023	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Mar 14, 2022	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Dec 20, 2021	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 14, 2021	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 23, 2017.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 44 children.

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.
2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 15 child care providers in Lavaca County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 26.

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

11 of the 15 in Lavaca County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Ms. Roo’s Little Critters, LLC This child care provider	26
Cindy’s Daycare	3
Kountry Kidz Learning Academy LLC	33
Tracy Diane Kurtz	1
Judy Anderle	Not given
Little Sprouts Preschool	1
Kids Academy	19
Toddlin’ Time	9
Happy Hearts Learning Center	24
Maria Guadalupe Martinez	Not given
Hallettsville Isd Child Care Center	3
Solid Rock Christian Center for Learning Inc.	15

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).

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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

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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).
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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