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A licensed child care center in Buda, Texas 78610
825 Main St, Buda, Texas 78610. (512) 523-8831.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hays County: 2
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 14 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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 6, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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.
Jul 6, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“The fire inspection was dated 6/30/2025.”
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Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection
“The gas inspection was out of date.”
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Required Personnel Records
“A caregiver did not have proof of education in their employee file.”
Jul 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“Their sanitation inspwction is dates 6/13/2024”
Aug 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“The center’s fire inspection was dated 1/26/2023”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One child did not have an updated immunization record.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“There were two children that were observed not washing their hands after getting a diaper change. Note: Caregiver quickly picked up the child and washed the child’s hands after made aware that the child needed their hands washed.”
Jun 13, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“It was found during the investigation that the operation did not report an injury to a child that required medical attention to licensing within the required time frame.”
Nov 8, 2021: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“A child was briefly left unsupervised on the playground. This incident happened about 2 years ago.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not report an incident to Child Care Regulation that involved a child being unsupervised for a short period of time.”
All 23 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 25, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 15, 2017.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 180 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.
- 9 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 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Sunshine Cottage Preschool & Development Center | 13 |
| Carpenter Hill Early Learning Center | 7 |
| Jack C Hays High School Child Development Center | 0 |
| Barton Middle School Early Learning Ctr. | 5 |
| The Learning Experience This child care provider | 6 |
| Buda Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Pfluger Eac YMCA | 1 |
| Tom Green Eac YMCA | 1 |
| Elm Grove Eac YMCA | 8 |
| Buda Elementary Eac YMCA | 3 |
| Kiddie Academy of Buda | 18 |
| Sunfield Eac YMCA | 1 |
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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