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Little Diamondbacks Learning Center LLC

A licensed child care center in Alton, Texas 78573

1001 S Shary Blvd Ste 4, Alton, Texas 78573. (956) 240-7025.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 28, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Aug 28, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “A ceiling panel was observed with water stains around it in the pre-k room.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 4, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 1, 2026.

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “The diaper changing mat in a toddler room was observed with tears. This created the diaper changing mat to become absorbent and hard to sanitize. Note: This was CORRECTED during inspection as the torn diaper changing mat was replaced.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2026.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The Children’s Products Certification form was not current. The CPSC form available for review had a date on 6/16/2025. Note: This was CORRECTED at inspection as a CPSC form was completed and posted.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2026.

Jun 8, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “Child Care Regulation was not notified before making changes to the infant room space. The infant room was switched with an afterschool room.”

    Rule 746.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 8, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

Sep 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The loose-fill surfacing (shredded rubber) was not maintained at the proper depth of six inches. Areas around the play structure and slide exits had loose fill surfacing measuring 2-3 inches in depth.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 22, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

  • Smoke-Detection System Tested

    “The electronic smoke alarm system was not currently tested. The documentation available for review indicated the date of the last inspection was on 7/5/2023 and an inspection is due annually.”

    Rule 746.5315. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2025.

Sep 24, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Eight children’s files were reviewed. One file is missing health statement and a second file has a food allergy emergency plan that is missing the steps to take if the child has an allergic reaction.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 1, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “Operation has a play-structure surrounded by 3-5 inches of tire mulch.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2023.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “Children’s Product Safety Certification Form was last signed on 7/14/2022. Note: Provider is signed up to receive email notification for all recalls and signed the form during inspection.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 1, 2023.

May 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “Diaper changing mats in the infant and toddler rooms are torn.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 7, 2023. Correction verified: May 8, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Health Checks

    “Operational Policies are missing procedures for conducting health checks.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(27). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 10, 2023. Correction verified: May 4, 2023.

Nov 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

    “Binder taken during transportation routes is missing emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms for each child being transported. Note: This was corrected at inspection when provided added a copy of the 2nd page of the admission form to the transportation binder.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 16, 2022.

Aug 30, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One out of six children’s records reviewed is missing immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 30, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One out five staff files reviewed is missing a copy of high school diploma/GED or equivalent.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 30, 2022.

All 16 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 28, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jun 8, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 5, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 29, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 12, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 24, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 17, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 1, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 3, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 2, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 16, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 30, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 23, 2022.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 54 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.
  • 1 report 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 7.
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
Bright Minds Learning Center5
Helping Hands Child Care12
Einstein’s Academy, LLC15
Sunrise Learning Academy4
Handprints Playschool7
Little Harvard Educational Center Preschool and Day Care12
Umos Mshs Alton Center7
His Little Ones Preschool & Daycare,llc9
Future Leaders Daycare and Learning Center29
Little Explorers Academy & Daycare 214
Little Diamondbacks Learning Center LLC This child care provider7
Salinas Elementary Head Start Campus5

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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