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Little Characters Daycare & Learning Center, LLC

A licensed child care center in Laredo, Texas 78043

3220 Ligarde St, Laredo, Texas 78043. (956) 723-5439.

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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 Jul 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 128 child care providers in Webb County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 2, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

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 Jul 17, 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 Jul 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.

Jul 2, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “CPSC form was last completed on May 2025. Note: It was corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 2, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Six employee’s files were reviewed. Three employee files were pending affidavit 2912.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2026.

Jul 11, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Infant Daily Report - Share with Parent

    “Infant daily reports were missing the following information: time slept, times and amount of food, infant’s mood, and summary of activities.”

    Rule 746.2431. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 1, 2025.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “Trash cans in two restrooms did not have lids. Garbage was within children’s reach.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2025.

  • Diaper Changing Steps-Supplies Kept Out of Child’s Reach

    “Diaper changing supplies, including gloves were within children’s reach.”

    Rule 746.3501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 29, 2025.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Four children’s files were reviewed. One file was pending an updated immunization record.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2025.

  • Posting of Activity Plan

    “Activity plan was not posted in two out of three classrooms.”

    Rule 746.2209. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 1, 2025.

Jul 17, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “One caregiver was observed to be supervising children without an active, eligible background check.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Two out of six employee records evaluated did not have an affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 18, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “Infants were observed not to be strapped in the bucket seats.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2023.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “The fire extinguishers have not been inspected monthly.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2023.

  • Written Activity Plan - Outline Daily Activities

    “The lesson plan for the toddler, pre-k, and after school room did not have specific activities outlined.”

    Rule 746.2205(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 27, 2023.

Sep 1, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “Fire inspection was last conducted on August 20, 2021.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2022.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A 13 month old child was observed in the same class as a 36 month old child. NOTE: This was corrected. 13m old child was moved to another classroom.”

    Rule 746.1605. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 1, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2022.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The Annual Health Inspection was last conducted on August 19, 2021.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2022.

  • Smoke-Detection System Tested

    “Electric Smoke Dectection system was last inspected on August 19, 2021.”

    Rule 746.5315. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 2, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 17, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 11, 2025Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jul 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 17, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 9, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 1, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Nov 5, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 3, 2021Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 5, 2021.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 72 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.
  • 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 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 128 child care providers in Webb County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 9.
Source:

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

11 of the 128 in Webb County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Johnson’s Daycare & Learning Center #22
Holy Hands Learning Center13
Happy Beginnings Childcare & Learning Center0
Kinderclub Learning Center Too, LLC6
Lil’ Kidz Klub Daycare and Learning Center1
Once Upon A Time Learning Center LLC3
Right Start Childcare and Learning Ctr 2 Inc.6
Little Characters Daycare & Learning Center, LLC This child care provider9
Victory Land Daycare7
Miracles & Dreams Daycare Inc.9
Vivace 2 Learning Center12
Lil’ Kidz Klub D’ 3rd Learning Center8

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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