Hearth Record

Little Star

A licensed child care home in Laredo, Texas 78045

11152 Capistran Loop, Laredo, Texas 78045. (956) 319-3899.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 6 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 128 child care providers in Webb County had 4.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on May 14, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

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 May 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

6 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

May 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “Two out of two employee records evaluated did not have the following trainings: SBS/SIDS/Brain Development, hazardous materials, allergic reactions, administering medication, emergency preparedness plan, building safety, communicable diseases, and abuse and neglect.”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2026. Correction verified: May 27, 2026.

May 29, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home

    “The primary caregiver was observed supervising 11 children when there were 3 infants present from 4m to 15m. The most children she can supervise with the 3 infants present is 7 children. NOTE: This was corrected at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.1801. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 29, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2025.

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

    “Two out of two employee records evaluated did not have the following trainings: hazardous materials, allergic reactions, administering medication, emergency preparedness, building safety, and communicable diseases.”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2025.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “The feeding requirements were not available for review.”

    Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2025.

Sep 13, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Four children’s files were reviewed. One child’s file was pending an updated immunization record.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 11, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2024.

  • Required Health Statement

    “Four children’s files were reviewed. Three files were pending health statements signed by a medical professional.”

    Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2024.

11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Activity Plan - Dates

    “Activity plan did not include the dates, and specific activities. Activity plan for infants was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.2103(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2023.

Feb 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “Infant under the age of 12 months was observed to be sleeping in a play yard. There was a blanket in the play yard.”

    Rule 747.2315(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

Jan 4, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “Fire extinguisher was placed on the floor in the laundry room.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Fire extinguisher was last serviced on August 2021.”

    Rule 747.5107(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2023.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “Children were observed to be watching during naptime. Note: Television was turned off during inspection.”

    Rule 747.2105(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “Emergency preparedness drills, and tests were last documented on October 2022.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 5, 2023.

May 12, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “Licensed child care home was not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector.”

    Rule 747.5331. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2022. Correction verified: May 15, 2022.

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Garbage cans accessible to children were not covered. There were cigarrete ends on the outside playground.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2022. Correction verified: May 15, 2022.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Four children’s files were evaluated. One file was pending updated immunization records.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 16, 2022.

Jan 7, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Equipment- Multiple Occupancy Swings

    “There was a multiple occupancy swing at the operation. Note: it was removed during inspection.”

    Rule 747.4403(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 8, 2022.

  • Caregivers Required Annual Training-Required Topics without hour restriction

    “Substitute caregiver is missing training in emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, food allergies, physical premises, hazardous materials and administering medication.”

    Rule 747.1305(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 18, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 14, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 13, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 7, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 10, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 4, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jun 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 7, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 18, 2017.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 128 child care providers in Webb County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 128 in Webb County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Castillito’s Day Care1
Poka Dots Day Care6
Blooming Kids LLC8
Veronica Alvarez Avila0
Little Star This child care provider6
Sunshine Academy Lcc9
School of Wonder, Inc.2
Little Friends L.c. LLC13
Play and Learn2
Johnson’s Daycare & Learning Center #34
Poka Dots #2 Daycare and Learning Center4
Daniela’s Home Daycare1

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 5, 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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