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Kids Joy Academy LLC

A licensed child care center in Palmview, Texas 78574

1250 N FM 492 Ste 5, Palmview, Texas 78574. (956) 598-7330.

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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 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium 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.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 25, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

8 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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.

Feb 4, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary

    “Two plates with milk and cereal that were served to children for breakfast were observed in the afterschool room.”

    Rule 746.3317. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 25, 2026.

  • Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over

    “A television observed on top of a children’s shelf in the afterschool room was not anchored. Note: This was corrected during the inspection as the television was removed from the room and stored in the office area.”

    Rule 746.3701(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2026.

  • Daily Menus - Record Comparable Substitutions

    “The menu posted in the kitchen and front lobby did not include the substitutions made. The menu being rotated did not include a current date. The dates on both menus posted were April 2025 and October 2025. Note: This was corrected during the inspection as the substitutions made and current dates were added to the menus.”

    Rule 746.3313(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2026.

Apr 3, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “A caregiver conducting transportation during inspection did not have current training in Transportation Safety. The training certificate available for review was last completed on February 14, 2024.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2025.

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders

    “Children in the after-school room and toddler room were served their afternoon snack on a bare table. Note: This was addressed with the caregivers and children were provided napkins to place their snack on.”

    Rule 746.3317(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Children Handwashing Before Eating

    “Four school-aged children did not wash their hands prior to eating their afternoon snack. Note: This was addressed with the caregiver and children were directed to wash their hands.”

    Rule 746.3417(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies reviewed did not include the operation’s procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2025.

Apr 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 17, 2024.

9 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 1, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The ceiling tiles and vents in the operation were observed clean. There were red ants in the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 8, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2023.

May 23, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

    “There was no authorization form for emergency medical transport and treatment for 7 children who are transported from school to the child care operation. Corrected at Inspection: The missing information was placed in the transportation binder.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “A classroom was observed with a large brown water stain on a ceiling tile. A vent in a classroom used by the children was observed with dust and debris.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 25, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 1, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There was an electrical cord from a radio hanging over a child during naptime. Note: The radio was removed during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 1, 2023.

May 2, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 2, 2022.

Mar 22, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “The list of employee was not current. Corrected: The employee list was updated.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2022.

Mar 1, 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: Mar 1, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 1, 2022.

Dec 2, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The director did not have a current Transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 3, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There were numerous holes on the wooden fence in the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 3, 2021.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 4, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 14, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 3, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 17, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 1, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 23, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Nov 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 2, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 22, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 1, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jan 26, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 10, 2022.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 28 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.
  • 0 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: 4-Star (the highest 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
Giggles and Scribbles Day Care and Learning Center, Inc.2
Super Star Kids Learning Center L.L.C.3
Martha Alicia Garcia10
Little Explores Academy and Daycare12
Umos Mshs Palmview Center6
Kids Joy Academy LLC This child care provider8
Little Lobos Daycare8
Abc Little Learners Academy LLC7
Little Scholars Daycare LLC3
Palmview Academy3
The Edutainment Zone 4 LLC18
Little Lobos Daycare #2 LLC15

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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