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Brighter Beginnings Learning Academy

A licensed child care home in Copperas Cove, Texas 76522

810 N 23rd St, Copperas Cove, Texas 76522. (254) 239-1631.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 30 child care providers in Coryell County had 4.5.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 4, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 4, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete -Thermometer, preferably non-glass

    “The first aid kit was missing a thermometer and the first aid kit guide. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver placed a thermometer and first aid kit guide in the kit.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “The pre employment affidavit was not filled out. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver filled out the affidavit.”

    Rule 747.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

Mar 10, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Facility Heated, Lighted and Ventilated Properly

    “The garage area used for the children in care is not heated.”

    Rule 747.3203(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 24, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2025.

  • CO Detection System Type-Individual (UL) Listed Plug In, Hardwire, Battery

    “There was no carbon monoxide detector installed at the home.”

    Rule 747.5333(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2025.

Jun 6, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “The caregiver contained 24 of the 30 required training hours.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2024.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The monthly fire drills did not meet the required exit time. The last fire drill was conducted on 06/03/24 and lasted 4 minutes. This was corrected at the inspection when the fire drill was conducted and met the required exit time.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2024.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “The fire extinguisher was not inspected in 2024. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver checked the extinguisher and documented the check on the form.”

    Rule 747.5107(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Jun 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “During the inspection, there were chemicals within reach of the children. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver placed the chemicals inside a locked cabinet.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2023.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 4, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 10, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 6, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 13, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 7, 2018.
  • 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 30 child care providers in Coryell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 7.
Source:

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

11 of the 30 in Coryell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Copperas Cove Headstart Center2
Asymca @ Miss Jewel2
Jl Williams Elementary YMCA0
Martin Walker Elementary YMCA0
Brighter Beginnings Learning Academy This child care provider7
Because We Care Learning Academy 211
Alpha Time Too Daycare14
Park Headstart Center4
Sunshine Headstart Center1
Halstead YMCA3
Hollie Parsons YMCA0
Young Achievers Learning Academy12

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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