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Colonial Farms Day Care

A licensed child care center in Lytle, Texas 78052

18471 IH 35 S, Lytle, Texas 78052. (830) 772-4642.

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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: 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 29, 2026: no violation found.

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: Medium 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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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.

Jul 9, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “A child’s hands were not washed immediately after having their diaper changed. The child was allowed to join the group of children. This was corrected at inspection when it was addressed with the caregiver and the child’s hands were washed.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026.

  • Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

    “A caregiver did not sanitize the diaper changing area after changing a diaper. This was corrected at inspection when it was addressed with the caregivier and the diaper changing table was sanitized.”

    Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The loose-fill on the playground where the monkey bars are located was very compacted with grass growing through. The loose-fill was not maintained at the proper depth.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2026.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Four out of ten children’s records evaluated were lacking current immunizations on file.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2026.

Jul 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The loose-fill for two monkey bar structures was not maintained to the proper 6 inch depth. There was grass growing through and the loose fill was very compacted.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2025.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Two out of ten children records evaluated had out of date immunizations.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 22, 2025.

Aug 13, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

    “An employee did not wash their hands in between changing diapers.”

    Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2024.

  • Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant’s Hands

    “Todder’s hands were not washed after diapering.”

    Rule 746.3505(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2024.

  • Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

    “The diaper changing surface was not sanitized in between diaper changes for multiple children.”

    Rule 746.3505(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 13, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 28, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “Two of ten children’s records evaluated did not have a health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2023.

Jul 11, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “Two out of seven infants were observed sleeping in a restrictive device. The caregiver promptly removed the infants and placed them in a crib.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2023.

Jun 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant’s Hands

    “Diaper changing was observed, however the infants hands were not washed after diaper changing.”

    Rule 746.3505(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2023.

Sep 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Four out of ten children records evaluated lacked an updated immunization record.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2022.

Nov 8, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing

    “One caregivers’ records reviewed lacked a current CPR and first aid training. The caregiver was observed to be in charge of a classroom unsupervised until the caregiver was placed with a qualified caregiver.”

    Rule 746.1301(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 9, 2021.

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “One of Eleven children’s records evaluated did not have a health statement on file.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 10, 2021.

All 16 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 29, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 9, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Mar 12, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 22, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 13, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 28, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 11, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 27, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 12, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 19, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 8, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 12, 1994.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 130 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.
  • 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 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
Source:

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

11 of the 768 in Bexar County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Colonial Farms Day Care This child care provider9
Crown of Life Lutheran School3
Eleanor Rodriguez2
Alamo Heights United Methodist Weekday School12
Country Home Learning Center #1, Ltd.5
Judson at Stahl Kindercare21
La Petite Toepperwein31
La Petite Academy Judson4
Valley Hi Baptist Academy49
La Petite Guilbeau23
Coker Early Learning Center1
La Petite Academy5

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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