Follow My Heart

A licensed child care home in Vanderbilt, Texas 77991

213 3rd Street, Vanderbilt, Texas 77991. (361) 308-6873.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Jackson County: 2.5
3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
16 inspections on record
2-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 16 child care providers in Jackson County had 2.5.

16 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the report to the state on May 28, 2026

Rated High by Texas: 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, at the inspection on May 13, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on May 13, 2024

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

15 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

May 28, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

“During the course of a DFPS investigation, it was determined the operation allowed a person with an inactive BGC to be present at the operation.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 11, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 23, 2026.

Jan 6, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

“Recite: Three animals in the home did not have current vaccinations.”

Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2026.
Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects

“Recite: The operation’s employee list was last validated on 6/20/24.”

Rule 745.651(2)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 7, 2026.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

“Recite: The director lacked a pre employment affidavit on file.”

Rule 747.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2026.

Dec 12, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies

Diaper Changing Equipment - No Play or Eating Surfaces Used

“Children’s diapers were being changed on the floor where they play.”

Rule 747.3303(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.
Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

“Three animals in the home did not have current vaccinations.”

Rule 747.3703(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.
Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects

“The operation’s employee list was last validated on 6/20/24.”

Rule 745.651(2)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.
Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“An infant did not have feeding instructions available.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

“The director lacked a pre employment affidavit on file.”

Rule 747.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.

Apr 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Required Health Statement

“One out of three children’s records evaluated lacked a health statement on file.”

Rule 747.611(a). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2025. Correction verified: May 9, 2025.

May 13, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

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

“A 3 month old was observed sleeping in a bouncer.”

Rule 747.2326(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.
Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device

“A child was placed in a chair (with straps fastened) for discipline.”

Rule 747.2705(10). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Use of Safety Straps

“An infant was observed in a bouncer and safety straps were not used. Note: This was corrected when the straps were fastened.”

Rule 747.2307. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The gate on the outdoor wooden fence is broken and not attached to the fence. There are several nails protruding from the outdoor wooden fence.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2024.
Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

“One out of four children’s files evaluated lacked an address for the emergency contact.”

Rule 747.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2024. Correction verified: May 21, 2024.

26 deficiencies older than three years

Jun 12, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“One child with a known food allergy, lacked a food allergy plan on file.”

Rule 747.3619. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2023.
Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

“Three out of four children’s files evaluated lacked a special needs statement on file.”

Rule 747.605(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 19, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2023.

Dec 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

“The vehicle used for transporting children registration expired October 2022.”

Rule 747.5403(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 9, 2023.

Jan 31, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

“One infant feeding instruction has not been completed.”

Rule 747.2321(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2022.

Dec 3, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training

“Recite: The Director lacked current transportation training.”

Rule 747.1303(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.
Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products

“Recite: I observed that the Consumer Product Recall has not been certified.”

Rule 747.3935(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 8, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

Nov 23, 2021: inspection9 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training

“Recite: The Director lacked current transportation training.”

Rule 747.1303(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Caregiver Required Annual Training-Caring for children younger than 24 months

“Recite: The Director and Caregiver lacked current SIDS/Shaken Baby training.”

Rule 747.1305(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The newly added fence has screws exposed along the bottom board, posing a hazard. No wax warmers were observed within the children’s reach. The grass on the playground has been mowed. No broken glass was observed. Electrical wires have been cut and are now out of the reach of the children.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products

“Recite: I observed that the Consumer Product Recall has not been certified.”

Rule 747.3935(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

“Recite: The operational policy lacked information regarding infant safe sleep.”

Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

“Recite: The vehicle used for transporting children was not available to be evaluated during the inspection.”

Rule 747.5403(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports

“Recite: The operational policy lacked procedures for parents to review the homes last inspection report and how to access the minimum standards online.”

Rule 747.501(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline

“Recite: The operational policy lacked instructions for the parents to contact the local licensing office, Abuse Neglect Hotline, and the HHSC website.”

Rule 747.501(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“Recite: The operational policy lacked information regarding promotion of physical activity.”

Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.

Nov 10, 2021: inspection11 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training

“The Director lacked current transportation training.”

Rule 747.1303(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Caregiver Required Annual Training-Caring for children younger than 24 months

“The Director and Caregiver lacked current SIDS/Shaken Baby training.”

Rule 747.1305(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“I observed two operating wax warmers within the children’s reach. I observed the grass on the playground exceeded 6 inches in most areas. Broken glass was observed on the playground. Electrical wires were exposed on the electric post on the playground and were within the children’s reach.”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products

“I observed that the Consumer Product Recall has not been certified.”

Rule 747.3935(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Fenced Outdoor Activity Space

“I observed an opening approximately 5 feet on the right side of the backyard, which would allow children to escape.”

Rule 747.4105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 24, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants

“The operational policy lacked information regarding infant safe sleep.”

Rule 747.501(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely

“I observed the vehicle used for transporting children to have an expired inspection sticker.”

Rule 747.5403(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
First Aid Kit - Complete Kit

“The first aid kit lacked cotton balls.”

Rule 747.3803(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports

“The operational policy lacked procedures for parents to review the homes last inspection report and how to access the minimum standards online.”

Rule 747.501(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline

“The operational policy lacked instructions for the parents to contact the local licensing office, Abuse Neglect Hotline, and the HHSC website.”

Rule 747.501(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational policy lacked information regarding promotion of physical activity.”

Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.

All 17 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jun 23, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
May 28, 2026	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jan 6, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Dec 12, 2025	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Apr 29, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Nov 20, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
May 21, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
May 13, 2024	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Jun 12, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Dec 14, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
May 18, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 26, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 3, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 31, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 3, 2021	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 23, 2021	Inspection	9 deficiencies cited
Nov 10, 2021	Inspection	11 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Jun 24, 2022.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 16 child care providers in Jackson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2.5; this one had 15.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 16 in Jackson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Follow My Heart This child care provider	15
All Star Day Care & Preschool	0
Amazing Grace Learning Center and Infant Care	5
Jackson County Edna Head Start and Early Head Start	4
Haylea’s Little Daycare	2
Here We Grow Childcare & Learning Center	9
YMCA Prime Time Edna	3
Kountry Kids	4
Paige Seijas	10
A Brighter Start Daycare Center	0
Hannah Alegria	0
St Paul Lutheran Church Preschool	1

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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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