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Southern Littles Academy, LLC

A licensed child care center in Donna, Texas 78537

702 E Expressway 83 Ste B21, Donna, Texas 78537. (956) 461-1333.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 5 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

19 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 31, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised, at the report to the state on Feb 23, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

8 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 22, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Administrative and clerical duties that take caregiver’s attention away from children

    “Based on the information gathered throughout this investigation, it has been concluded that the caregiver was doing clerical work while caring for children instead of following the classroom’s lesson plan and schedule.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

  • Written Activity Plans - Plan Followed by Caregiver

    “Based on the information gathered throughout this investigation, it has been concluded that the designated caregiver was not following the classroom’s designated lesson plan as children were watching television and not in their learning centers.”

    Rule 746.2203(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “Based on the information gathered throughout this investigation, it has been concluded that the screen time provided to the children was not part of the planned lesson plan.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 20, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 31, 2026.

Mar 31, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Diaper changing mat in the toddler class was observed torn.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 2, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.

Jan 22, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, determined the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2026.

Apr 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diapering Procedures - Caregiver’s Hands Washed

    “A caregiver did not wash her hands between diaper changes.”

    Rule 746.3505(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 29, 2024.

Feb 23, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

    “This standard was found deficient as an infant child was left unsupervised in the classroom for less than a minute. Please note: Child was unharmed.”

    Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2024.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “This standard was found deficient as a group of children were observed watching television during operational hours.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 20, 2024.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 10, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Out of the children’s files reviewed, two had incomplete information for the person to contact in case of an emergency. (NOTE: corrected during inspection by calling parent for missing information.)”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Out of the staff files reviewed, two staff were lacking the required affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - TB Test

    “Out of the staff files reviewed, 2 were lacking verification of a TB test.”

    Rule 746.901(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 1, 2022.

Apr 8, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “A caregiver did not use good judgement by allowing all infants to sleep with blankets. (NOTE: Caregiver removed all blankets.)”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 2022.

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “There were 3 infants asleep in their assigned cribs/playpens who had blankets in with them.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 11, 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 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2022.

All 24 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Apr 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 31, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 22, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 18, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 20, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 26, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 23, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Oct 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 29, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 31, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 10, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 3, 2021.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 50 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 31, 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 2, 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 8.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Bright Beginnings Learning Center3
Ms. Sandy’s Daycare1
Little Braves Child Care1
Sunnyside Daycare3
Sunny Side Child Development Center2
Umos Mshs Donna Center1
Mila’s Galaxy Learning Center19
Southern Littles Academy, LLC This child care provider8
Rise and Shine Learning Center3
Bright Start Child Care Center0
Bee Happy Childcare Center LLC5
J.k Learning Center 1 L.L.C6

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 2, 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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