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Taft Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Taft, Texas 78390

221 Walnut St, Taft, Texas 78390. (361) 756-0249.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 29 child care providers in San Patricio County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 13, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jan 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “The director did have a current CPR and first-aid training, 1/27/2026.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2026.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 28, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection was expired upon inspection.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 12, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

Dec 16, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There were 2 cots placed upside down on several stackable cots. The two cots were not the same kind of cots resulting in them not being able to be stacked securely. If the cots were to fall it could cause an injury. This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2022.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “The storage room that is accessible to the children while they are on the playground has a broken door. The door does not close or lock.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center

    “The class activity plan was not posted. When brought to the directors attention one was located and posted.”

    Rule 746.401(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements - Daily menu, including all snacks and meals served by the child care center

    “The posted Menu was not current. This was correct when brought to the Director attention.”

    Rule 746.401(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2022.

Sep 13, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation did not have a fire inspection on file for the day care facility.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2022.

All 9 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 13, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 18, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 28, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 28, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 16, 2022Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 13, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 3, 2023.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 30, 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 29 child care providers in San Patricio County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 1.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 29 in San Patricio County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kiddie Korral2
Taft Learning Center This child care provider1
Radiant Roots Learning Center Inc.2
Paula GandaraNot given
Treehouse Learning0
Mathis Pre-K Kindergarten Academy2
Guadalupe Garcia0
East Cliff Kidz Klub4
Andrews Kidz Klub3
Lighthouse Learning Center and Daycare0
Cplc Mshs Mathis1
Marilyn Ann ClarkNot given

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 Oct 30, 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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