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Candyland Daycare Center

A licensed child care center in Pharr, Texas 78577

1215 E Ferguson St Ste B, Pharr, Texas 78577. (956) 739-9838.

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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 Dec 2025. 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.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 2, 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

3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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.

Dec 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily

    “A toy was inspected and the hard plastic was broken on it making it a hazard for the children. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the toy was taken out of the playground area and thrown away.”

    Rule 746.4751(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2025.

Jan 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant

    “A crib was not labeled with the child’s name. NOTE: This was corrected at the inspection when caregiver labeled the crib with the childs name”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2025.

Jan 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Three out of four employee records reviewed for Health and Safety Audit purposes are missing hazardous materials, allergic reactions, medication administration, emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, building safety, shaken baby syndrome/ brain development/SIDS.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 26, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “The fire inspection was reviewed the last fire inspection was conducted on 12/27/2021. The fire inspection has expired.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 3, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

    “Childrens product certification was last reviewed on 3/5/2021.”

    Rule 746.801(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2023.

Jul 14, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary

    “It was observed in the kitchen refrigerator there was an expired bottle of Mayonnaise. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the bottle was disposed properly.”

    Rule 746.3317. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2022.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “During the monitoring inspection health practices were reviewed the Annual Sanitation Inspection had expired the date it was last conducted on was 2/21/21.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2022.

  • Pest Extermination

    “During the inspection a ant pile of red ants was seen in the kids outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.3427. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements - Licensing Parent Notification Poster

    “Required postings were reviewed the following postings were missing: Childrens Products Certification was last reviewed on 3/5/2021. Attention Parents notice was not posted for parents to review. The activity plan for each age group was not posted for the parents to review. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the required posting were posted on the wall for parents to view.”

    Rule 746.401(7). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2022.

Dec 22, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

    “Binder taken during transportation routes was missing the following items: -Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms -Parent s names and telephone numbers and emergency telephone numbers Note: This was corrected during inspection when provider made copies of the admission forms which include the required information.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 22, 2021.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care

    “Most recent fire inspection conducted 2-3 weeks ago was not available for review at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 27, 2021.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 10, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 9, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 23, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 17, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 24, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 26, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 14, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Dec 22, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 15, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 4, 2022.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 71 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.
  • 1 report 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 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.

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Candyland Daycare Center This child care provider3
Maria Alonso3
Go-Go Kids Learning Academy2
Bright Minds Academy1
Little Bright Minds Child Development Center0
Longoria Head Start Center0
Kaleidoscope Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Center0
Little Golden Playschool2
Little Heaven’s Learning Center2
Cisneros Day Care Center0
My Little Sunshine Learning Center2
Immaculata Pre-Primary2
Kids & Todd’s Learning Center, LLC4

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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