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Mary R. Garcia Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Alice, Texas 78332

3051 Old Kingsville Rd, Alice, Texas 78332. (361) 717-1132.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 4 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 17 child care providers in Jim Wells County had 3.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 28, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the assessment on Aug 28, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 20, 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 Mar 20, 2024

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

6 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.

Aug 28, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection that was observed to be expired during the inspection, was not provided to show an updated and current inspection was completed by the inspection due date.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

Aug 20, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection was observed to be expired.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 28, 2026.

Aug 27, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “One out of ten employee records evaluated had an expired CPR/First Aid certificate.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 17, 2025.

Sep 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “There was not a required Food Allergy Emergency Plan in a child’s file that is allgergic to cinnamon.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2024.

Mar 20, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “One caregiver was conducting janitorial duties at the time of the incident.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

  • Critical Injury - Ensure Supervision of All Children

    “A caregiver did not have visual awareness of the children in care at the time of the incident.”

    Rule 746.3607(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2024. Correction verified: May 29, 2024.

Nov 16, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “In one of the Toddler rooms, the storage doors under the sink were unlocked. In the storage contained chemicals that were accessible to the children. This was corrected when brought to the caregivers attention who immediately locked the storage doors.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 16, 2023.

  • First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

    “The first kit that was observed , was found to be incomplete. Missing were band aids and The Guide to First Aid.”

    Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2023.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) verification form is not current. This form is to be completed annually. This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 16, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “Employee List is not current. This was correected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 16, 2023.

  • Required Admission Information - Date of Admission

    “Of the ten children’s files reviewed, one did not have the date of admission specified. This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.605(3). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 16, 2023.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 5, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway

    “In serveral classrooms the napping mats were arranged to closely and did not allow the easy access to a walkway for staff or children.”

    Rule 746.2909(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 27, 2022.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “In several of the classrooms observed, the children s nap mats were not labeled or numbered.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 27, 2022.

Jan 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Smoke-Detection System

    “Six classrooms did not have a working smoke detector. In one classroom, the smoke detector was seen on a shelf. A battery was in the smoke detector but it was not working.”

    Rule 746.5311(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 11, 2022.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 28, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Aug 20, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 27, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 12, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jan 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 6, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 16, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 10, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 11, 2020.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 156 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
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 Jim Wells County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 11.
Source:

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

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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