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Little Loves Educare

A licensed child care center in McAllen, Texas 78501

3400 N Mccoll Rd Ste G, McAllen, Texas 78501. (956) 627-6035.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 28, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 28, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Activity Plans - Plan Followed by Caregiver

    “No activity plan was posted in afterschool area. Activty plan schedule was not followed for outdoor play time.”

    Rule 746.2203(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Immunization record was not available for review in file.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

Aug 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “The lights in the infant and prek room were off during naptime and there was insufficient natural light to allow for visual supervision. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider turned on flash light / lamp.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 30, 2024.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “Napping equipment was not labeled with the correct child’s name or assigned number.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 27, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 6, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “One caregiver was providing care for 8 children ages 13mo - 2yo9mo. Age difference is over 18 months.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 25, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Last documented fire drill was conducted on 05/02/2023 and was completed in10 minutes. Per provider, last fire drill was conducted on 07/2023 but was not documented. No carbon monoxide detector checks have been conducted / documented for 2023.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 13, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements - Telephone Numbers

    “Emergency Numbers were not posted. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provider printed, completed and posted emergency numbers form.”

    Rule 746.401(8). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023.

Oct 25, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Three out of five staff files reviewed are missing trainings on the following topics: -Hazardous Materials -Food Allergies -Administering Medications -Emergency Prepardness -Building and Physical Premises Safety -Communicable Diseases”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “Operational policies were reviewed are missing physical and outdoor activities policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2022.

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Six children’s records were reviewed. One file is missing immunization records, a second file is missing health statement and a third file is missing immunization exemption affidavit.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2022.

Dec 6, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “Four out four staff training records reviewed completed Pediatric CPR training online, which does not include hands-on skill-based instruction, practice, and testing.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 10, 2021.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “Last sanitation/health inspection was conducted on 1/30/2020.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 8, 2021.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 28, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 26, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 6, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 25, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 19, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 60 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 31, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo 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 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Mega Kids Child Development Center0
St. Mark Pre School6
St. Paul Lutheran Early Learning Center6
Angelita Navarro0
Abc’s Children’s College3
Bright Little Angel’s Development Center, LLC6
Caring and Sharing Learning Center II0
Little Loves Educare This child care provider4
Valley Kidz Academy1
The Learning Palace1
N & C Academy LLC15
St. John’s Episcopal Day School4

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 2, 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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