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Sunnyside Daycare

A licensed child care center in Donna, Texas 78537

407 N Salinas Blvd, Donna, Texas 78537. (956) 377-5979.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium. 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 24, 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

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

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Feb 11, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Crib Activities

    “An infant remained in his crib for an hour aproximately, exceding the 30 minute limit. Infant was not in distress. Please note: Caregiver removed child from crib.”

    Rule 746.2425. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 11, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.

May 20, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A child less than 2 years old was observed watching a cartoon show on the television.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “A current Children’s Products Certification Form 2885 was not available for review. Last product certification was last conducted on 11/01/2022.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2024. Correction verified: May 23, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 5, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A caregiver without an active background check was present during inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 5, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2023.

Feb 21, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation failed to notify that the director was no longer employed as of February 10, 2023.”

    Rule 746.303(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2023.

Oct 27, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “There was a small pink riding car that was cracked on the backside and the front which posed shear point. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection as the director took the cart to the trash can.)”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2022.

Dec 20, 2021: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “11 month old infant was observed sleeping in a restrictive device. Note: This was corrected during inspection as child was moved to playpen assigned.”

    Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021.

  • No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits

    “Exit door on infant room was blocked. Note: This has been corrected during inspection as playpens were re-arranged allowing emergency exit to be used.”

    Rule 746.5209(c). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection- Inspection unavailable must maintain documentation at operation and make available to us

    “Health inspection was last conducted on 10/9/20.”

    Rule 746.3401(c)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “Trash cans in restrooms were observed without lid. Note: This was corrected during inspection as trash cans were removed.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2021.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “Fire inspection was last conducted on 10/9/20.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 11, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 14, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 20, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 19, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 5, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Sep 7, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2023Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 27, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 24, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 20, 2021Inspection5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 15, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 63 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: 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 3.
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
Bright Beginnings Learning Center3
Ms. Sandy’s Daycare1
Little Braves Child Care1
Sunnyside Daycare This child care provider3
Sunny Side Child Development Center2
Umos Mshs Donna Center1
Mila’s Galaxy Learning Center19
Southern Littles Academy, LLC8
Rise and Shine Learning Center3
Bright Start Child Care Center0
Bee Happy Childcare Center LLC5
J.k Learning Center 1 L.L.C6

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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