Hearth Record

Amber Dunham

A registered child care home in Clarendon, Texas 79226

514 Burkhead, Clarendon, Texas 79226. (806) 881-7367.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2 child care providers in Donley County had 3.5.

4 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 6, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Jun 25, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

7 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.

Jun 25, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies

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

    “A six month old infant was seen napping on a pillow during inspection.”

    Rule 747.2315(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 6, 2026.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Seat of swing set was found to have sharp edges which can cause injury to children. The emergency exit stairs had holes which may trip children and were loose which may cause a fall hazard.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 6, 2026.

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “Rabies vaccination was expired in April 2022”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - No Overlap

    “Fall zone for the rear of the swing was less than required fall zone of fourteen feet”

    Rule 747.4607(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 6, 2026.

  • Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

    “A health statement for the dog on the property was not found.”

    Rule 747.3703(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

Jul 17, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “The provider has 10.25 training hours for the last full training year and she is required 30 hours.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “A fire drill has not been conducted since January 2024 and it was timed over three minutes. A firre dril was conducted to day and the drill was 2 minutes and 10 seconds.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The provider stated that she only conducted 2 fire drills in the past year.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2022.

  • Required Health Statement

    “One of the seven files had the required health statement from the doctor.”

    Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2022.

All 4 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 25, 2026Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jul 17, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 27, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 17, 2018.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 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 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 2 child care providers in Donley County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 7.
Source:

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

1 of the 2 in Donley County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Amber Dunham This child care provider7
Paulas Day Care0

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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