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Ms. Sam’s Daycare

A licensed child care home in Austin, Texas 78748

2500 Lavendale Ct, Austin, Texas 78748. (512) 785-4355.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 14, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Nov 19, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

4 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “Current training in CPR and First Aid were unavailable for review.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2026.

Nov 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “During the inspection, two infants without sleep exception forms were observed asleep in swings. This was corrected at inspection when the infants were moved to pack and plays to sleep.”

    Rule 747.2326(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home with 2 Caregivers

    “There were 14 children in care at the start of the inspection. This was corrected at inspection when two children were sent home.”

    Rule 747.1803. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2024.

Jan 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Caregivers Required Annual Training-Required Topics without hour restriction

    “The required annual trainings were not accessible for review.”

    Rule 747.1305(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 11, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 15, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Mar 2, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “It was found during the inspection that the children’s records for 5 children were needing to be updated.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 6, 2022.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 14, 2026AssessmentNo violation found
Sep 24, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 19, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 11, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 2, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jul 3, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 30, 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Chisholm La Petite Academy6
Cowan Crew0
Parkside Community Montessori School0
Sunshines in the Rain Licensed Child Care6
The Pint-Size Playhouse0
Green Monkey Daycare4
Ms. Sam’s Daycare This child care provider4
Star Center Gymnastics2
Cadets Childcare Inc. DBA Clubhouse Cadets @ Cowan Elementary1
Happy Hearts Bilingual Learning Center4
Primrose School of Shady Hollow0
Kukumi4

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 30, 2026.

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Replies

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An example nursing home

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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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