Darla Costlow
A licensed child care home in Larue, Texas 75770
11300 Loop 60, Larue, Texas 75770. (903) 952-8269.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Henderson County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 24 child care providers in Henderson County had 4.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 23, 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 report to the state on Jun 4, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Mar 3, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Mar 3, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 4, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“This standard was reviewed during a DFPS investigation and found deficient. There is sufficient evidence that the operation was not supervising all the children during naptime.”
Dec 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
“There was not a parent’s rights in the operational policy or an acknowledgment that the parents have received the parent’s rights information.”
Mar 3, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. The operation stated that they “pop” the children on the bottoms.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. Based on the DFPS investigation, there is enough evidence to substantiate the operation yelling at the children in care.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 29, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“A caregiver was present supervising children that did not have an eligible background check. The caregiver left during inspection.”
Sep 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records
“During the application inspection, three children’s records were unavailable for review.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 29, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Feb 17, 2023.
- 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.
- 3 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 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 24 child care providers in Henderson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Darla Costlow This child care provider | 4 |
| Lapoynor Little Flyers Childcare | 4 |
| Love & Learn Dcc | 3 |
| Little Dreamer’s Daycare Center | 10 |
| Sandra Weiss | Not given |
| Kidz First Learning Academy | 13 |
| First Baptist Church Gun Barrel City Childcare Center | 5 |
| Learning Express-Station 4 | 3 |
| Mimi’s Creative Kids, LLC | 6 |
| Building Blocks Childcare Center | 8 |
| Learning Express Inc. | 0 |
| Eisd Child Development Center | 9 |
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).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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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).
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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).
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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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