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Bright Minds Academy

A licensed child care center in Harlingen, Texas 78550

1201 E Van Buren Ave, Harlingen, Texas 78550. (956) 428-7011.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 2, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points, at the inspection on Jun 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle, at the inspection on Jun 23, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 23, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “Observed a little tykes home with the small plastic window broken on top accessible to the children.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

    “Transportation vehicles purchased in 2023 and 2024 do not have the electronic child safety alarm installed.”

    Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2026.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Observed the diaper changing mat in the infant room torn. NOTE: CORRECTED AT INSPECTION as mat was replaced with a different mat.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first aid kits in both transportation vehicles were incomplete. Vehicle #1 was missing a thermometer and scissors and Vehicle #2 was missing Antiseptic solution or wipes.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 26, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 16, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 24, 2025.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 26, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operation policies (parent handbook) does not provide any information regarding the benefits of physical activity and outdoor play, duration of the physical activity, type of activity, each setting in which your program will take place, the recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to particiapte freely.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

    “The operational policies (parent handbook) does not provide any information regarding extreme weather conditions that would prohibit or limit outdoor play or a plan to ensure that physical activities occurs on days when extreme weather may limit play.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies (parent handbook) provided no informatin regarding procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special needs.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2023.

  • Documentation of Training Requirements - Date

    “Out of all staff files reviewed, none of the training certificates reviewed had the required date of the training. (NOTE: PIctures on file)”

    Rule 746.1329(b)(2). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2023.

Jul 18, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “This deficiency was observed during the follow up inspection: Facility does not have a current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

    “This deficiency was observed during the follow up inspection: Facility does not have the most current Licensing inspection or investigation. NOTE: Facility has posted inspection conducted on 11/16/21.”

    Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2022.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “This deficiency was observed during the follow up inspection: Facility does not have a current children’s products annual certification.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2022.

May 28, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Operation Open to Parents At All Times

    “Based on the information gathered during the investigation, facility does not allow parents to have access inside the building to drop off or pick up children.”

    Rule 746.201(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2022.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 23, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 21, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Aug 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 26, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Sep 15, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 21, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 24, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
May 28, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 16, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 22, 2017.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 100 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 5 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 198 child care providers in Cameron County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 5.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 198 in Cameron County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Elma’s Daycare1
Harlingen Child Development Center, LLC0
Bright Minds Academy This child care provider5
Magic Kingdom Learning Center #34
Jefferson Head Start Child Development0
Blue Ocean Learning Center1
Early Childcare Center of Harlingen LLC3
Bowie Head Start2
Sam Houston 2 Head Start0
Bright Beginnings Learning Academy4
Little Blessings Child Care Center1
Little Lou’s Abc Daycare2

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 Oct 27, 2026.

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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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