Kiddie Academy
A licensed child care center in Mission, Texas 78572
1814 E Griffin Pkwy, Mission, Texas 78572. (956) 271-4807.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 11 inspections on record
- Not star-rated 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 19, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 19, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One out of ten children’s records reviewed is missing immunization records.”
Sep 8, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“One out of ten staff files reviewed has an expired first aid / cpr training.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
“Graham crackers and water were served during PM snack. Snack is missing a food group.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Ten staff files were reviewed. Three staff files with foreign education are missing translation / equivalence. Staff training files for six staff members are missing certificates. One file is missing start date and orientation statement.”
Oct 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Two caregivers were missing annual training on the following topics: (1) Administering medication, (2) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (3) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with ?746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”
10 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 23, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
The inspectors’ words, 229 words
“The operational policies reviewed were missing the following information: (1). Hearing and vision screening requirements (2). (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor; (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation; (F) The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play; and (G) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play. (3). The Procedures for parents to review a copy of the child-care center’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online; (4). ) Instructions on how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website; (5). provisions to provide a comfortable place with an adult sized seat in your center or within a classroom that enables a mother to breastfeed her child. In addition, your policies must inform parents that they have the right to breastfeed or provide breast milk for their child while in care; and (6). Under the Texas Penal Code any area within 1,000 feet of a child -care center is a gang free zone, where criminal offenses related to organized criminal activity are subject to a harsher penalty.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Animal feces was observed in the children’s outdoor playground. Note: This was CORRECTED at inspection as the animal feces was removed from the playground.”
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Education Outside of U.S.
“Two caregivers with education received outside of the United States did not have the education documentation translated in English.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver was missing 10 hours of annual training for training year 3/19/2022 -3/18/2023. A second caregiver was missing 3 hours of annual training for training year 9/15/2022 - 9/14/2023.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“A caregiver did not have documentation showing how the caregiver meets the minimum education qualifications.”
Oct 28, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies
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Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
“There was no carbon monoxide detector at the center.”
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“A wall in a perk rom and in the outdoor playground were observed with peeling paint in an area accessible to children.”
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Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids
“Two caregivers did not wash their hands after wiping a child’s nose in both toddler rooms. Note: This was addressed with the staff during the inspection and staff proceeded to wash their hands.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver with was missing annual training for training year 3/19/2021 - 3/18/2022 on the following topics: (1) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (2) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials A second caregiver was missing 24 clock hours of annual training for training year 10/23/2021 - 10/22/2022.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records
“A caregiver’s training record was not available for review during the inspection.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 5, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 1, 2017.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 119 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.
- 5 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 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 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 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Instituto Bilingue Montessori San Jose | 17 |
| Stepping Stones | 25 |
| Noly Learning Academy | 8 |
| Mickey’s Learning Academy | 11 |
| Finger Prints Learning Day Care | 22 |
| Colegio Bilingue Trinidad | 12 |
| Kids Rock Learning Academy, LLC | 7 |
| Lily’s Little Kids Day Care Center | 17 |
| The Little Club Development Center Inc. | 6 |
| Kiddie Academy This child care provider | 5 |
| Mission Early Head Start Academy | 2 |
| A+ Appletree Academy | 20 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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