Elm Grove Eac YMCA
A licensed child care center in Buda, Texas 78610
801 FM 1626, Buda, Texas 78610. (512) 236-9622.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 20, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hays County: 2
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 22, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on May 20, 2025
Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected. or Exploited, at the report to the state on Feb 9, 2024
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 Feb 9, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 20, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 25, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records - signed dated statement that employee received operational policies
“One of the seven employee files did not have a signed operations policies and a signed personnel policies.”
Jan 16, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Medication No Longer Used
“There is a medication for a child who no longer attends.”
May 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Two employees were on site to “observe” before their background checks were cleared.”
Jul 3, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“One child takes medication daily. He takes 1 pill and 2mL liquid medication. The parent has been sending in one pill per day in a baggie, and 2 ML per day for the week in a syringe. Fror this 3 day week, they sent one big baggie with 6 mL liquid (2 per day), and tree baggies with one pill in each baggie.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Medication Records
“There was no medication log to show that a child has taken his medication.”
Feb 9, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected. or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of the children’s on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of children that stayed on the playground as the rest of the group went inside, and then proceeded to walk home. The caregivers had no knowledge the children left until the parent arrived with them, to the center.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the evidence obtained during an investigation, the staff did not complete incident report forms that were required to be completed when children were placed at risk when left unsupervised.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 28, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“There was a child that was left outside on the playground unattended for 5 minutes.”
Jun 25, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers - Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A child under the age of 5 was injured on a playground that was rated for children ages 5 and up.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 20, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 3, 2020.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 153 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 20, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Sunshine Cottage Preschool & Development Center | 13 |
| Carpenter Hill Early Learning Center | 7 |
| Jack C Hays High School Child Development Center | 0 |
| Barton Middle School Early Learning Ctr. | 5 |
| The Learning Experience | 6 |
| Buda Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Pfluger Eac YMCA | 1 |
| Tom Green Eac YMCA | 1 |
| Elm Grove Eac YMCA This child care provider | 8 |
| Buda Elementary Eac YMCA | 3 |
| Kiddie Academy of Buda | 18 |
| Sunfield Eac YMCA | 1 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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