Eoac Mitchell Avenue Head Start/Early Head Start
A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76708
1824 Mitchell Ave, Waco, Texas 76708. (254) 218-1038.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years Middle in McLennan County: 6
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
1 deficiency cited in the last three years
The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 27, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on May 28, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
May 28, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“It was determined a caregiver did not show self control in the presence of children when the caregiver got into an altercation with a guardian and said a curse word repeatedly, while children were present.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
May 2, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“It was determined based on the preponderance of evidence a caregiver abused a child in care by aggressively handling a child in care while taking the child to their cot.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“It was determined based on evidence obtained throughout the investigation, a caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child in care by yanking a child’s arm, dragging the child and pulling the child down onto their cot.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“It was determined based on preponderance of evidence a caregiver inappropriately bared weight down on a child’s hand as form of punishment.”
Nov 9, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Parental Communication - Injury Requires Treatment by Health Care Professional or Hospitalization
“It was determined the operation did not contact the parent immediately of a child that received an injury while in care. The parent was notified at the end of the day and the child was taken to a health care professional the next day to be evaluated.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 28, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 2, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 12, 2022.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 64 children.
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.
- 4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 1.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Deanna Horn | 0 |
| Champion Zone LLC | 2 |
| Eoac Mitchell Avenue Head Start/Early Head Start This child care provider | 1 |
| Champion Zone LLC | 5 |
| Jessica Rose | Not given |
| Gloria’s Angels Learning Academy | 52 |
| Babes N Tots Creative Academy North LLC | 22 |
| Cortney Casper | 0 |
| Cflc 2 LLC | 9 |
| Eoac Brazos Early Head Start | 6 |
| Kids R Kids Learning Academy of China Spring | 16 |
| Sunshine Sprouts Academy | 6 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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