Future Leaders Daycare and Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Alton, Texas 78573
411 N Glasscock Blvd, Alton, Texas 78573. (956) 379-4402.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 29 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
29 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 27, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities - Not delay or prevent inspection or investigation, at the inspection on Feb 21, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Feb 9, 2024
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 Jan 24, 2024
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
29 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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.
Feb 27, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“A caregiver was caring for 5 infants in the infant room. The ages of the children were a 2 month old, two infants 5 months old, a 9 month old, and a 14 month old. The specified age of the children in the group is 0-11 months. According to the ratio chart the maximum number of children one caregiver may supervise is 4.”
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“A caregiver was caring for 11 children of varying ages including infants in the outdoor playground. There was more than an 18 month age difference between the oldest and youngest child in the group. The youngest child in the group was 2 months old and the oldest child was 4 years old.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver was missing 8 clock hours of annual training for training year 9/9/2024-9/8/2025. A second caregiver was missing 6 clock hours of annual training for training year 11/12/2024 - 11/11/2025.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“The director was missing 23 of 30 clock hours of annual training for training year 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025.”
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Required Personnel Records
“The caregiver’s record was available for reivew and was missing the followng documents: 1. Documentation showing how the employee meets the minimum age and education qualifications, and 2. A Pre-Employment Affidavit for Applicants for Employment at Certain Child Care Operations (Form 2912).”
Jan 13, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
“A caregiver caring for a group of children in the infant room was missing 24 clock hours of pre-service training.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver was missing 15 clock hours of annual training for training year 9/9/2024-9/8/2025. A second caregiver was missing 13 clock hours of annual training for training year 11/12/2024 - 11/11/2025.”
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Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
“The director was missing 30 clock hours of annual training for training year 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“2 of 4 children’s records reviewed were missing the child’s immunization records.”
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Required Personnel Records
“There was no record available for review for a caregiver caring for a group of children in the infant room.”
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Documentation PEDIATRIAC CPR-1st aid original certificate on file at center or copy available if licensing requests
“A caregiver’s pediatric CPR and pediatric First Aid training certificate was not available for review during the inspection.”
Feb 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities - Not delay or prevent inspection or investigation
“The operation delayed CCR from conducting an inspection when staff took approximately 6 minutes to open the door to the center after knocking, ringing doorbell, and calling the operation’s phone number.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
“The diaper changing mat located in the pre-k room was covered with a type of material that was absorbent and hard to sanitize. Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as the cover was removed from the diaper changing mat.”
Jan 17, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The director did not have current training on Transportation Safety. The training certificate available for review had a date of completion of January 04, 2022.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Some areas of the wooden fence in the outdoor playground had peeling paint. This posed a hazard as the areas where the paint was peeling was within children’s reach.”
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Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked
“A caregiver caring for a group of children in the outdoor playground did not have the key accessible to the lock on the emergency exit gate. A second caregiver that also went to the outdoor playgorund with chlidren at a different time during the insepction did not take the key to the lock on the gate.”
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Written Activity Plan - Group Name and Dates
“The activity plan posted in the preschool room was not current. The dates on the activity plan was December2024. Note: This was CORRECTED during the inspection as an updated activity plan was posted.”
Aug 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“A caregiver was supervising a group of 10 children ages 3mo-3yo. Age difference between youngest and oldest child is over 18 months.”
Jul 26, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“A caregiver was supervising a group of children ages 14mo-3yo. Age difference between youngest and oldest child is over 18 months.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“Children’s Products Certification Form was last signed / certified on 02/16/2023.”
Feb 9, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Last fire inspection was conducted on 07/20/2022.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Four out of four staff files reviewed are missing trainings on the following topics: -Safe Sleep / Shaken Baby / Early Brain Development -Hazardous Materials -Food Allergies -Administering Medications -Emergency Prepardness -Communicable Diseases”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One out of four children’s files review is missing immunization records.”
Jan 24, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“An infant-age child was napping unsupervised in the school-age room.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
“An infant-age child was asleep in a rocker.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Last fire inspection was conducted on 07/20/2022.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Four out of four staff files reviewed are missing trainings on the following topics: -Safe Sleep / Shaken Baby / Early Brain Development -Hazardous Materials -Food Allergies -Administering Medications -Emergency Prepardness -Communicable Diseases”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One out of four children’s files review is missing immunization records.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report
“Most recent health inspection report was not available for review at the time of inspection. Documentation for the last 3 months of emergency practices was not available for review at the time of inspection.”
17 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 16, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“The fire extinguisher in the transportation vehicle was last serviced on January 2022.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The wooden fence was observed with chipped paint and two loose panels with an exposing nail.”
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Children’s Records - Admission Information
“Three out of nine children records reviewed were missing a health statement.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance
“The liability insurance was not available for review.”
Aug 16, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Red ants were observed in several areas of the outdoor play area which pose a risk for the children to get painful bites which often result in red and swollen spots.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care
“The current fire inspection was not available for review.”
Feb 2, 2022: inspection9 deficiencies
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
“The first-aid kit in the transportation vehicle was missing the thermometer and cotton balls.”
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Driver Has Current Driver’s License
“The person in charge of transportation did not have a current driver license.”
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Plan to Handle Transportation Emergencies
“There is no Plan to Handle Transportation Emergencies.”
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Three children records reviewed did not have the address for the emergency contact on file. Three children records did not have the name, address, and telephone number of the child’s physician or an emergency-care facility. One child’s record did not have the date of admission. One child’s record did not have a current immunization record on file.”
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Written Activity Plans
“There was no activity plan for the Infant group.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“The feeding instructions for an infant were not current and the last date signed by the parent was on 9/18/21.”
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Infant Daily Report - Summary of Activities
“The Infant Daily Report was missing the section for Summary of Activities.”
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Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
“Two children’s files did no have a Health Statement on file. The childrens’ admission form was missing several pages.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“Two caregivers files did not have documentation showing their education. One caregivers file did not have TB results. One caregiver did not have the required 24 hours of Preservice training.”
Jan 4, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“There are no fire drills, sheltering/lock down drills being conducted at the operation.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records
“The Playground maintenance checklists were not available for review.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Inspection | 9 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 16, 2022.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 38 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.
- 0 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
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 29.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Bright Minds Learning Center | 5 |
| Helping Hands Child Care | 12 |
| Einstein’s Academy, LLC | 15 |
| Sunrise Learning Academy | 4 |
| Handprints Playschool | 7 |
| Little Harvard Educational Center Preschool and Day Care | 12 |
| Umos Mshs Alton Center | 7 |
| His Little Ones Preschool & Daycare,llc | 9 |
| Future Leaders Daycare and Learning Center This child care provider | 29 |
| Little Explorers Academy & Daycare 2 | 14 |
| Little Diamondbacks Learning Center LLC | 7 |
| Salinas Elementary Head Start Campus | 5 |
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).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
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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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