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Handprints Playschool

A licensed child care home in Mission, Texas 78573

13434 N Conway Ave, Mission, Texas 78573. (956) 240-5123.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

7 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 May 7, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.

May 7, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguisher in the home was not currently serviced. The last service date on the fir extinguisher tag is January 2018.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: May 8, 2026.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “There was no safety documentation available for reivew for emergency drills, fire extinguishers checks, smoke detectors checks, and carbon monoxide checks. The emergency practices form avaiaoble for review was for emergency drills conducted in April 2025.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 14, 2026. Correction verified: May 8, 2026.

May 9, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “The director and assistant caregiver had expired training in Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking; and Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The expiration date on the training certificates available for review was 4/18/2025.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies reviewed did not include information on Parent Rights. NOTE: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as a copy of Prent Rights Form 2987 was shared and added to the operational policies.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “1 of 4 children’s records reviewed was missing the child’s health statement.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2025.

May 28, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “During inspection, animal droppings were observed in the playground. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider removed the droppings.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2024.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “Written lesson plans for the week were not available for review at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 1, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “Four children’s records reviewed, one file is missing food allergy plan.”

    Rule 747.3619. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2023.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

    “Two staff records were reviewed and are missing 7-8 hours of annual training, including the following topics: Hazardous Materials Food Allergies Emergency Preparedness Building and Physical Premises Safety Communicable Disease”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “Operational policies were reviewed, the following information is missing: Physical and Outdoor Activity Policy”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2023.

Jul 21, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Installation of Smoke Detectors

    “Smoke Detector at the operation was not working. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider replaced the batteries and tested the smoke detector.”

    Rule 747.5113. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2022.

  • Registered or Licensed Child-Care Home Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, unless located in a School Facility

    “Operation does not have a carbon monoxide detector.”

    Rule 747.5331. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 25, 2022.

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Inside the operation: toys and children’s items are disorganized, there is a fan and chipping paint in the infant area.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Out in the playground: grass is overgrown, animal feces were observed and there are household items and garbage accessible to children including exercise weight equipment, a shovel, empty boxes and buckets.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

  • Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

    “Health statement for lamb at the operation is missing.”

    Rule 747.3703(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 9, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 7, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 9, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
May 28, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 1, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 21, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 8, 1993.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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 7.
Source:

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
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Bright Minds Learning Center5
Helping Hands Child Care12
Einstein’s Academy, LLC15
Sunrise Learning Academy4
Handprints Playschool This child care provider7
Little Harvard Educational Center Preschool and Day Care12
Umos Mshs Alton Center7
His Little Ones Preschool & Daycare,llc9
Future Leaders Daycare and Learning Center29
Little Explorers Academy & Daycare 214
Little Diamondbacks Learning Center LLC7
Salinas Elementary Head Start Campus5

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 Nov 2, 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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