Hearth Record

Karina Salinas

A licensed child care home in Edinburg, Texas 78541

1213 E Peter St, Edinburg, Texas 78541. (956) 207-5550.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 4, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 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.

Feb 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training

    “The primary caregiver did not have a current transportation training.”

    Rule 747.1303(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 5, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 5, 2026.

Feb 12, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The wooden fence was observed with chipped paint and two loose panels.”

    Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 7, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2025.

Feb 22, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “There was no date for when the fire extinguisher was inspected. Corrected at inspection: Director added date of inspection.”

    Rule 747.5107(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 23, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Volunteer and Contractor Qualifications-Same as for HouseHold Members

    “Documentation of orientation for a volunteer was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.1405. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2023.

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “The operation increased the licensed child care space by December 2022. Changes were completed prior to Child Care Regulation’s approval.”

    Rule 747.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “Current immunization record for one of the three child records reviewed was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.613(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2023.

Apr 12, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Registered or Licensed Child-Care Home Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, unless located in a School Facility

    “A working carbon monoxide detector was not available at the operation.”

    Rule 747.5331. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 12, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - in Front of Access and on Sides

    “The front of a slide was overlapping use zones with a stationary equipment in the outdoor playground.”

    Rule 747.4605(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 13, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “Emergency practices documentation show fire drills were completed in over 3 minutes for the months of January, February, and March, 2022. NOTE: This was corrected. A fire drill in under 3 minutes was completed during inspection.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 12, 2022.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Immunization record for 1 out of 3 child files reviewed was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 20, 2022.

Nov 17, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Walking

    “One crib observed in operation, a total of two infants in operation. CORRECTED at inspection when caregiver placed child in play pen and other child in crib.”

    Rule 747.2305(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2021.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 4, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 12, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 22, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 23, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 12, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Nov 17, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued May 18, 2021.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • 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?

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

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

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Steps Daycare1
Sunrise Learning Center6
Children’s Depot LLC2
Little Leaders Center6
Angel Wings Learning Center, LLC3
Martha Barrios De CantuNot given
Karina Salinas This child care provider3
Umos Mshs Edinburg Center6
Innovacare Learning Center, LLC8
Smart Start Learning Center11
Lovely Rainbow Learning Center LLC16
Melissa’s Learning Center LLC1

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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