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Toddlin’ Time

A licensed child care home in Hallettsville, Texas 77964

502 N Dowling St, Hallettsville, Texas 77964. (361) 217-3497.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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 15 child care providers in Lavaca County had 9.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 11, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on Jul 1, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on Aug 7, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 11, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Required Special Topics without specific hours

    “The primary caregiver and assistant caregiver did not have the training in the required 6 topics.”

    Rule 747.1309(d). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “One infant did not have a current infant feeding schedule.”

    Rule 747.2321(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2026.

Jul 1, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations

    “Two out of four children files lacked current immunization records.”

    Rule 747.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2025.

  • First Aid Kit Incomplete - Guide to first aid and emergency care

    “The first aide kit lacked a first aide guide.”

    Rule 747.3803(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation did not certify in writing annually that the children product recall list was reviewed.”

    Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website

    “The operation policies lacked on how to access minimum standards online and the HHSC website.”

    Rule 747.501(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operational policies lacked the parent rights.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2025.

Aug 7, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations

    “One out of 4 children immunizations records was not current and up to date.”

    Rule 747.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2024.

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Special topics for children under 24 months

    “The primary caregiver did not have current training in recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome, understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and understanding early childhood brain development.”

    Rule 747.1309(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 9, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 23, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • AP Never exceed capacity of the home

    “The home was over capacity by 2 children.”

    Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Caregivers Licensed -24 hours Annual Training

    “A caregiver lacked 8 annual training hours.”

    Rule 747.1303(4)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver -30 Hours Annual Training

    “The primary caregiver lacked 15 hours of training.”

    Rule 747.1303(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 13, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 12, 2023.

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Use of Safety Straps

    “Three infants were observed sitting in high chairs not strapped in.”

    Rule 747.2307. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 23, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2023.

Sep 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “At the time of inspection there was not any lighting in the two classrooms.”

    Rule 747.2811. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 18, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “At the time of inspection there were six infant feeding schedules that were expired.”

    Rule 747.2321(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 18, 2022.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 11, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 1, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Aug 7, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 29, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 23, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 18, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 27, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jan 16, 1998.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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.
  • 0 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 15 child care providers in Lavaca County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 9.
Source:

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

11 of the 15 in Lavaca County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Sprouts Preschool1
Toddlin’ Time This child care provider9
Happy Hearts Learning Center24
Hallettsville Isd Child Care Center3
Solid Rock Christian Center for Learning Inc.15
Jami HarperNot given
Minshell FordNot given
Martha Ann Bludau Day Care2
Chiefs Little Tots7
Ms. Roo’s Little Critters, LLC26
Kids Academy19
Cindy’s Daycare3

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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