East Cliff Kidz Klub
A licensed child care center in Portland, Texas 78374
1140 E Broadwayblvd, Portland, Texas 78374. (361) 533-7277.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in San Patricio County: 2
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 29 child care providers in San Patricio County had 2.
9 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 Aug 28, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
“One out of the 7 staff records monitored, did not have first aid training.”
Aug 28, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A child was found outside of the school building and was alone and unsupervised for approximately one minute.”
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Discipline - Appropriate to Child’s Age and Level of Understanding
“A child with special care needs was given two written discipline forms and a total of 3 days suspension that was not to his level of understanding.”
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Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
“The operation’s operational policies for the parents, did not have the required policies to support inclusive services and activities in their parent handbook.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Sheltering Drill for Severe Weather- 4 times in a calendar year
“The operation had one severe weather and lock down drill documented for September 2022. No other documentation was found to validate that other drills were conducted within 2022.”
Apr 4, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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)Required Admission Information-Admission Date
“Five out of ten children’s records did not have date of admission information completed.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 20, 2017.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: School.
- Capacity: 125 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 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 Oct 24, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 29 child care providers in San Patricio County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| East Cliff Kidz Klub This child care provider | 4 |
| Andrews Kidz Klub | 3 |
| Marilyn Ann Clark | Not given |
| Little Reign’s Preschool Academy LLC | 4 |
| Early Childhood Center Kidz Klub | 4 |
| Juanita Mendoza | 0 |
| Skyrise School of Portland | 4 |
| Busy Bees In-Home Learning Center | 0 |
| Maria L Martinez | Not given |
| Methodist Day School | 1 |
| Latchkey at Tm Clark | 2 |
| Portland Headstart Center | 3 |
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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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