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Dilley Isd Early Childhood Center

A licensed child care center in Dilley, Texas 78017

208 W Curtis St, Dilley, Texas 78017. (830) 965-1912.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 8 child care providers in Frio County had 4.5.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 26, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jan 29, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jan 29, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Apr 25, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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.

Aug 26, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Employee Handwashing After Handling or Cleaning Bodily Fluids

    “A caregiver did not wash their hands after wiping a child’s nose. This was corrected at inspection when it was addressed and the caregiver washed their hands.”

    Rule 746.3415(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026.

Jan 29, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

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

    “The operation had placed a child who was eighteen months in same classroom with older three-year-olds and four-year-olds which resulted in an injury to eighteen-month child.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Caregivers in classroom were each working on miscellaneous work and could not ensure safety of a child.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

Dec 4, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Employee Handwashing After Removing Gloves

    “A caregiver did not wash their hands after removing their gloves. This was corrected at inspection when it was addressed and the caregiver proceeded to wash their hands.”

    Rule 746.3415(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The parent’s rights were not included in the operational policies. This was corrected at inspection when the parent’s rights form 2987 was provided to the operation and it was provided to parents at pick up.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2025.

Apr 25, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One out of four childrens files was lacking a parents signature under the emergency medical section.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2024.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The storage shed located in the playground has a gap underneath that a child could fit in.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2024. Correction verified: May 2, 2024.

  • Required Postings-Licensing notices with instructions to post

    “The permit renewal letter was not posted. Corrected at inspection: The letter was printed and posted.”

    Rule 746.401(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist

    “The operation could not produce a filled out maintenaince checklist.”

    Rule 746.4751(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “One out of five staff files reviewed was lacking the affidavit of employement, acknowledgement of orientation, acknowledgement of personnel policies, copy of ID and a copy of their education.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2024. Correction verified: May 2, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation failed to submit the number of employees that have left their employment in 2023 by January 15th.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 19, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
May 11, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “Children under the age of two years old was observed watching tv on a IPAD. This was corrected at inspection when the IPAD was removed from the classroom.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 11, 2023.

Aug 16, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “Two out of four staff lacked a current CPR and first aid.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “Lighting was not adequate in both classrooms in use. Corrected when a night light was plugged into each classroom.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022.

  • Written Activity Plan - Active Play Toddlers - 60 Minutes of Moderate to Vigorous

    “Activity plans were not prepared and posted. CI: This was corrected when a lesson plans was created and posted.”

    Rule 746.2206(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “One out of one infant’s feeding schedule was not updated in the past month.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 22, 2022.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 26, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 29, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 4, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 25, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jan 19, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 11, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 16, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 7, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 36 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.
  • 1 report 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 8 child care providers in Frio County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 11.
Source:

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

8 of the 8 in Frio County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Lil Pups Day Care7
Dilley Isd Early Childhood Center This child care provider11
The Alicia R. Yanez Center Kids Are First-Pearsall1
Esmeralda AguirreNot given
Cplc Mshs Pearsall0
Kidville Early Childhood Learning Center4
Tiny Blessings Daycare3
Mama Grace Playhouse45
Sunshine Day Care Center5

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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