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Ice Castles Too, Inc. Learning Center & Child Care

A licensed child care center in El Paso, Texas 79924

9112 Alps Dr, El Paso, Texas 79924. (915) 757-2740.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 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?

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.

16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle, at the inspection on Aug 17, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points, at the inspection on Sep 4, 2025

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 Apr 15, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
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 17, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle

    “While observing transportation drivers unload children, drivers did not walk through the van to turn off the child safety alarm. Drivers walked on the outside of the van, opened the back door and turned off the alarm”

    Rule 746.5625(d)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2026.

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

    “In two classrooms, the mats/cots being used by children napping were not labeled with the child’s named or were not properly numbered.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2026.

Sep 4, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “Active play area for pre-school children has a play structure with a pinch hazard and shear points in the presence of children. This was corrected at inspection when director covered the pinch and shear points with duct tape.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 4, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “In review of employee records, two caregivers did not have proof of training in all six areas of section e. Two employees did not have proof of training in the spread of communicable disease and understanding building and physical premises safety.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 18, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 8, 2025.

Apr 15, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “A child was not properly supervised on the playground when the child fell down causing a cut over the eyebrow that required medical treatment.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 3, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2025.

Oct 3, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Documentation of Gas Leak Inspection

    “Operation did not have a current gas inspection available for review. Gas inspection on site was completed 04/18/2022.”

    Rule 746.5405. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “In checking records for HASA, four personnel records did not contain proof of training in administering medicaation, food allergy, or hazardous material.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2024.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “Operation did not have a current consumer product safety commission form available for review. Operation had form 2885 dated 2022. This was corrected at inspection when director reviewed the CPSC web site and completed form 2885 provided by inspector.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2024.

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

    “In the red room of children 3 and 4 years old, cots were not numbered according to list posted. This was corrected at inspection when caregiver labeled all cots with numbers.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2024.

Nov 8, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “A spiral slide on the school age play structure has three areas with shear points close to the bottom of the slide. This was corrected at inspection when the director covered the shear areas with tape, leaving no shear points accessible to children. A guide to Play Ground Hazards document was provided to director via email.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “Operation did not have a food allergy emergency plan signed by a health care professional and parent available for review for a child who has documented food allergies.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2023.

  • Required Postings-Child’s Food Allergies

    “The operation did not have a child’s allergy to peanuts and pistachios posted. This was corrected at inspection when a caretaker printed and posted a list of the child’s allergies.”

    Rule 746.401(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Required Admission Information - Physician Information

    “One child’s files did not contain the health care professionals name, address or phone number.”

    Rule 746.605(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 16, 2023.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “Fire drills were not documented for the last few months. This was corrected at inspection when a fire drill was conducted within three minutes and documented.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 1, 2022.

Apr 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operaiton’s fire inspection has expired as of 1/26/22.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 22, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “One out of ten children’s files checked did not have a medical health statement on file available for review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 26, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 22, 2022.

All 21 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 17, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 4, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 22, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 15, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 3, 2024Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Nov 8, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 17, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 21, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 16, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 17, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 1, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 19, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 16, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 12, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 8, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 164 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.
  • 5 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: 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 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 13.
Source:

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

11 of the 371 in El Paso County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Wee Care11
John E Uxer Head Start Site15
Kims Day Care7
Flying Colors Learning Center #56
A Place to Grow III8
Hollywood Kids Day Care8
Paradise Learning Center8
Nancys Daycare4
Coras Day Care8
Branon Head Start1
Sun City Child Development Center20
Ice Castles Too, Inc. Learning Center & Child Care This child care provider13

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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An example nursing home

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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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