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Little Explorers Childcare

A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78744

2313 Teri Rd, Austin, Texas 78744. (512) 608-4254.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 6, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

2 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 3, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “This investigation found that there was an injury that was not reported to Child Care Regulation.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 6, 2026.

Sep 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “At inspection, the operation had not certified annually in writing the annual product safety recall form. This was corrected at inspection when the director reviewed and certified the product safety form and posted it.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2025.

14 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 16, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “The operation did not have a current fire inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 23, 2023.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Two children did not have current immunizations.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2023.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “One caregiver did not have annual Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials training.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2023.

Jan 12, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

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

    “A caregiver was present who did not have a current eligible background check. The caregiver left the operation during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2023.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation did not have a current annual health inspection.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 24, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 26, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Three infants were missing updated infant feeding schedules for this month.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Two caregivers were missing notarized Affidavits for Applicants for Employment. One caregiver was missing a signed orientation form. The director was missing an annual training certificate about allergy emergencies.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 15, 2023.

  • Documentation PEDIATRIAC CPR-1st aid original certificate on file at center or copy available if licensing requests

    “The director has completed her First Aid and CPR training, but she did not have a copy of her card here at the operation.”

    Rule 746.1329(c)(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 15, 2023.

Mar 2, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

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

    “Diaper changing materials were observed to be within reach of children in each room where diaper changes occur.”

    Rule 746.3501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2022.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Rotating and Rocking Equipment (Sitting)

    “The rotating bike track does not have a use zone appropriate for this equipment. The track is on top of a platform that does not extend the required 6 feet for this equipment.”

    Rule 746.4813(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2022.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “The gravel used as loose-fill for the wooden play structure is not maintained at 6-inch depth. The current measurement is about 3 inches deep.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 16, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2022.

  • Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Posted in Each Room

    “The emergency evacuation and relocation diagram is not available in each classroom.”

    Rule 746.5207(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2022.

  • Napping Floor Mats Marked with Sleeping Side Distinguished

    “The cots used for napping are not labeled to ensure use for individual children.”

    Rule 746.4503(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2022.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 14, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 23, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 8, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 16, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 14, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Mar 2, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 23, 2020.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 49 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 2.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Dora Gallegos6
Sunrise Academy II7
Uphaus YMCA4
Bilingual Childcare11
Uphaus Child Development Center2
Eva Nohemy Padilla Ruiz2
Perez Eac YMCA1
Little Explorers Childcare This child care provider2
Kindercare at Bergstrom Tech3
Jemie Johnson Vaughn2
Rainbow Scholars Academy LLC2
Del Valle Isd South Child Development Center0

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 Oct 30, 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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