Little Brahma Barn

A licensed child care center in East Bernard, Texas 77435

207 S Urbanec St, East Bernard, Texas 77435. (979) 358-0579.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Wharton County: 4
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
10 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 19 child care providers in Wharton County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on May 11, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on May 7, 2026

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023											Nov	Dec
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

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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

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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

May 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

“During naptime one caregiver was supervising children in two classrooms.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 7, 2026. Correction verified: May 11, 2026.

Jul 10, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“Paint cans and a lawn mower were accessible to children on the outdoor active play space. This was corrected when the hazards were removed and placed out of reach of children.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - May Supplement Activities Not Replace

“The operation was using screen time not related to an activity.”

Rule 746.2207(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

“The operation did not have a policy that addresses extreme weather conditions that would limit outdoor play. This was corrected when it was added to the operational policies.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2025.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

“Personnel and children’s files were not accessible during the monitoring inspection.”

Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2025.

Sep 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation did not conduct a fire drill in August.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 26, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“One caregiver had proof of only 19 of the required 24 hours of training being done during the most recently completed training year of May 2022-May 2023.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 13, 2023.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director was unable to provide proof of completion of 30 hours of training during the most recently completed training year.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 13, 2023.
Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

“The operation did not have an operational policy for criteria related to severe weather and when it will limit outdoor active play.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 13, 2023.

Dec 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Documentation of Drills

“There was no documentation of fire drills since August 2022.”

Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 21, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2022.

All 12 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
May 11, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
May 7, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jul 15, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 10, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2025	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Sep 16, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Oct 26, 2023	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Apr 27, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 24, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Dec 14, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 17, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 29, 2021	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 14, 2021.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 41 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 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 .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 19 child care providers in Wharton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 19 in Wharton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Little Brahma Barn This child care provider	7
Creative Care - East Bernard	2
Mrs. Erin’s Home Daycare	0
The First School	1
Michelle’s Daycare-Preschool	1
Susan E Rod	2
Busy Bee	7
Elida Cisneros	Not given
Mrs. Beckys Home Away From Home Child Care Learning Center	11
Sunny Days Preschool	2
Michelles Daycare & Preschool Hillje	4
Jaylen Espitia	3

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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