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Pineland Early Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Pineland, Texas 75968

202 Boyd St, Pineland, Texas 75968. (409) 584-2915.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 19, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 3 child care providers in Sabine County had 2.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 10, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Aug 13, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Aug 13, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language, at the report to the state on Aug 13, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 17, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 19, 2026.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 17, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 10, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One child’s record was lacking a preschool health statement. The child has been in care since August 2024.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s record was lacking a current immunization record.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 17, 2026.

Aug 13, 2025: report to the state7 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

    “Two caregivers failed to provide the level of appropriate infant supervision necessary to prevent an infant from being trapped in the safety belt of a highchair, thus resulting in red marks being left on the infant?s neck. The injury did not require medical attention. The caregivers responsible were terminated as a result of the incident.”

    Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Camera footage revealed a caregiver kicking/nudging an infant with her foot as the infant walked to the caregiver?s recliner, causing the infant to fall down. The infant was uninjured. The caregiver responsible was terminated for her actions.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “Camera footage revealed a caregiver grabbing/pulling several mobile infants up by their arms (e.g., via one arm) and carrying them across the room. This caregiver was terminated for her actions.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Using Harsh, Abusive or Profane Language

    “Camera footage revealed that caregivers were using harsh/profane/inappropriate language while handling the infants in care. These caregivers were terminated for their actions.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt

    “An infant wasn?t receiving prompt diapering as evidenced by a diaper rash/redness being discovered by his parent at pick-up along with a full, unchanged diaper.”

    Rule 746.3501(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Diapering Procedures - Caregiver’s Hands Washed

    “Camera footage revealed infant caregivers were not consistently washing hands after diaper changes, and a caregiver admitted to inconsistent hand-washing practices as well.”

    Rule 746.3505(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

  • Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

    “Camera footage revealed that infant changing tables were not consistently sanitized via the 4-step process after each use, and a caregiver admitted during interview with DFPS staff that this was not consistently done as well.”

    Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2025.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 10, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 5, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 13, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 13, 2025Report to the state6 deficiencies cited
Aug 13, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 4, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 5, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 31, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 2, 1994.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 100 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 6 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Texas HHSC, inspections and investigations. Released Oct 17, 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 Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 3 child care providers in Sabine County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 9.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 17, 2026. Updated daily.

2 of the 3 in Sabine County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Pineland Early Learning Center This child care provider9
Hemphill Scholars2
First Baptist Christian Preschool0

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 Oct 19, 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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