L.j.c. Childcare and Preschool

A licensed child care center in Penitas, Texas 78576

508 Expressway 83, Penitas, Texas 78576. (956) 424-6948.

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The short answer

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

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
6 inspections on record
3-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 3 visits on record, nothing cited. 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?

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 5, 2026: no violation found.

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Nov 1, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year

“The Sheltering Drill for Severe weather and Lock down drill was not conducted four times in the calendar year, 2022.”

Rule 746.5205(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 3, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2023.
Plan to Handle Transportation Emergencies

“The operation does not have a Transportation Emergency Plan.”

Rule 746.5619. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 3, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2023.

Nov 9, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

“The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for the child who had not been sign in.”

Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 9, 2022.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“There were no infant feeding instructions for two infants.”

Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.
Infant Daily Report - Infant’s Mood

“The infant daily report did not include Activities and Mood.”

Rule 746.2431(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

Dec 7, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The outdoor play area was observed with some trash. Corrected at Inspection: The trash was picked up during the inspection.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 7, 2021.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“Two children’s records did not have a health statement in file.”

Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 17, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 14, 2021.

All 6 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Aug 5, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 16, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 4, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 1, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 9, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Dec 7, 2021	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 21, 2018.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 29 children.

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.
0 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 0.

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

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Daddy’s Day Care Learning Academy, LLC	3
We Love R Kids Child Care & Learning	2
L.j.c. Childcare and Preschool This child care provider	0
One Step Ahead Vlv Learning Center LLC	7
Children’s Education Station LLC	5
Valley Oak Tree No.1	1
Mega Kids Child Development Center	0
St. Mark Pre School	6
Ikids Academy	0
Bright Minds Learning Center	5
St. Paul Lutheran Early Learning Center	6
The Growing Patch Early Learning Center	9

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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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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