Hearth Record

Carol Lamkin

A licensed child care home in Gainesville, Texas 76240

495 County Road 397, Gainesville, Texas 76240. (940) 736-4079.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 17 child care providers in Cooke County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 29, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jan 22, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

14 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.

Nov 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Personnel Records- Training Hours

    “One caregiver was missing 21/24 required training hours.”

    Rule 747.901(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 31, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2026.

Jan 25, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Sanitize Potty-Chairs

    “Two potty training chairs were observed to contain urine and bodily fluids.”

    Rule 747.3203(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

  • Caregiver Handwashing After Outdoor Activities

    “Caregivers did not wash their hands after coming into the home for outdoor activities.”

    Rule 747.3211(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

  • Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities

    “Caregivers were observed bringing children inside the home from outdoor activities and did not have the children wash their hands.”

    Rule 747.3213(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - If No Insurance Then Must Provide Written Proof Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation has not met liabilty insurance requirements for five months.”

    Rule 747.211(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

  • Animals - Notify Parents in Writing

    “A rabbit was observed in the home in a cage. The permit holder did not notify the parents that the animal was in the home due the animal being temporarily located in the home because of inclement weather.”

    Rule 747.3701(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

  • Animals at Center - Statement of Health from Veterinarian

    “An animal in the permit holder’s home did not have a health statement at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.3703(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “One infant in care did not have admission information.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 25, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2024.

Jan 22, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found deficient. The permit holder did not use good judgment when they unsecured an animal to feed it near children in care and then did not secure the animal once it was finished eating.”

    Rule 747.1501(c)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

  • Animals - Do Not Create Unsafe or Unsanitary Conditions

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found deficient. A child sustained an injury requiring medical attention when they were bitten by a dog while in care at the child care home.”

    Rule 747.3701(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2024.

Dec 22, 2023: assessment2 deficiencies

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “One pet did not have current vaccines in their file.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 4, 2024.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “Two infants did not have written feeding instructions at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 4, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 22, 2023.

Dec 12, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    “One pet did not have current vaccines in their file.”

    Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 22, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “Two infants did not have written feeding instructions at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 22, 2023.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 29, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 16, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 19, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 25, 2024Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jan 4, 2024AssessmentNo violation found
Dec 22, 2023Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Dec 12, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Feb 20, 2019.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 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 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 17 child care providers in Cooke County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 14.
Source:

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

11 of the 17 in Cooke County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Stepping Stones of First Baptist Gainesville0
Angela VanbebberNot given
Carol Lamkin This child care provider14
April Glass4
April ThompsonNot given
Kids Care Learning Center12
Cornerstone Childcare Center1
Lil Leopards Learning Ladder2
Lil Leopards Learning Ranchette2
Katrina Grewing0
Donna Zimmerer Licensed Child Care1
Wilma Boaz Daycare2

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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