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Mimi’s Creative Kids, LLC

A licensed child care center in Athens, Texas 75751

226 S Prairieville St, Athens, Texas 75751. (903) 670-1306.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 24 child care providers in Henderson County had 4.

21 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 22, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Franchise Tax Delinquent, at the assessment on Aug 11, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Jul 30, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Jul 30, 2026

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

6 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 11, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Franchise Tax Delinquent

    “The operations franchise tax is inactive.”

    Rule 745.247. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 13, 2026.

Jul 30, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “During the investigation it was found that a caregiver pulled on a child’s arm while disciplining in 2024. The operation fired the caregiver immediately and the caregiver was never rehired.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “During the investigation it was determined a child was grabbed by the arm in 2024, the caregiver was fired but the operation failed to notify CCR of the incident.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 26, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

Mar 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met

    “One classroom with children under 18 months was using the reduction ratio and out of ratio. This was corrected when the co-teacher came back in the room.”

    Rule 746.1613(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.

May 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Parent’s Rights

    “While reviewing file, 5 child files did not have signed Parent’s Rights.”

    Rule HRC 42.04271. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: May 31, 2024.

Apr 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “While doing the walk through, there were 2 classes with a total of 13 children not usiing safety straps while children were eating in a table.”

    Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 12, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 30, 2024.

5 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 22, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The emergency drill documentation was not available for review at inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Children immunizations were reviewed at inspection and two files were not current and up to date.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2023.

Aug 23, 2022: assessment2 deficiencies

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

    “This standard is being cited based on an unannounced inspection conducted by DFPS. DFPS investigator witnessed a caregiver pull a child in care by the leg.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2022.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “This standard is being cited based on an unannounced inspection conducted by DFPS. DFPS investigator witnessed a caregiver yell at a child in care.”

    Rule 746.2805(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2022.

Jul 8, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “During monitoring inspection children’s and personnel records were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 22, 2022.

All 41 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 22, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Sep 19, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 16, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Sep 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 1, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 20, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 11, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jul 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 30, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jul 28, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 21, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 2, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 3, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 25, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 24, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
May 16, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 12, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 10, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 16, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 26, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 22, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 23, 2022Assessment2 deficiencies cited
Aug 22, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 29, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 14, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 8, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 19, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 27, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 240 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.
  • 18 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle 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 24 child care providers in Henderson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 24 in Henderson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Dreamer’s Daycare Center10
Kidz First Learning Academy13
Learning Express-Station 43
Mimi’s Creative Kids, LLC This child care provider6
Amazing Grace Learning Academy10
Angel Keepers Pre-School & Eastern Hills Christian School7
Love & Learn Dcc3
Sandra WeissNot given
First Baptist Church Gun Barrel City Childcare Center5
Building Blocks Childcare Center8
Learning Express Inc.0
Darla Costlow4

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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