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Abernathy Sunshine Academy

A licensed child care center in Abernathy, Texas 79311

801 Avenue F, Abernathy, Texas 79311. (806) 490-0028.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 13 child care providers in Hale County had 3.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes, at the inspection on Jan 18, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 30, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A 10 month old was in the cafeteria with children who were more than 18 months old than they are. The oldest child in the group was 4 years old and there were more than 13 children in care.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2026.

  • Infant Handwashing - Individual Cloth

    “A child was observed having their diaper changed with mitts on their hands. The child’s hands were not cleaned with a cloth or washed after the diaper change and the mitts were not removed.”

    Rule 746.3421(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2026.

  • Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection

    “The most recent gas inspection on file is dated 1/19/2024.”

    Rule 746.5401. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.

Mar 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “There is not adequate losse fill under one of the pieces of play equipment on the playground.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2024.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The most current CPSC form that is posted is from 2022. This was corrected at inspection when a new one was filled out and signed.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024.

Jan 18, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “Two infants were observed to be in restrictive devices for over 15 minutes.”

    Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

    “Two infants were observed to be walking around with their cups drinking water.”

    Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The annual sanitation was not conducted within the 12 months required.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “A fire inspection was not conducted within the required 12 months.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2023. Correction verified: May 4, 2023.

Apr 28, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - No Foods That Present Choking Risk

    “Children have been given candy which present a choking hazard.”

    Rule 746.3317(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 28, 2022. Correction verified: May 12, 2022.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “A caregiver did not have their high school diploma on file.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2022. Correction verified: May 12, 2022.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 30, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 10, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 18, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 15, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 25, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 28, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 28, 2018.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 59 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 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 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 13 child care providers in Hale County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 8.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 13 in Hale County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Abernathy Sunshine Academy This child care provider8
Butterfly Kisses Child Care3
Kimberly Stalcup5
Cutting Edge Daycare8
Nancy Martinez0
Cplc Mshs Plainview1
Mrs Lori’s Childcare2
Little Rainbow0
Thrive Early Learning Academy6
Cristal BallardNot given
Thrive Early Learning Academy8
Laura Rodriguez3

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 Oct 24, 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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