Sunshine Kids Academy Ferris

A licensed child care center in Ferris, Texas 75125

100 N. IH 45, Ferris, Texas 75125. (972) 842-7084.

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The short answer

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

38 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Ellis County: 1
3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
21 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 38 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

38 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 98 child care providers in Ellis County had 1.

21 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 14, 2026: 4 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Licensed Operations Required Fees, at the assessment on Jun 24, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out, at the inspection on Feb 25, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the inspection on Mar 31, 2025

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

When those deficiencies happened

38 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

38 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 14, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

“At the time of inspection, caregiver was using her personal cell phone during nap time while careing for sixteen children.”

Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2026.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“At the time of inspection, fire drills have not been conducted and there is no documentation availavle for review of the last drill conducted.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.
Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year

“At the time of inspection, sheltering drills have not been conducted and there is no documentation availavle for review of the last drill conducted.”

Rule 746.5205(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.
Required Personnel Records

“At the time of inspection two staff files do have the 2912 or Notorized 2985 Affidavitied Forms available for review.”

Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 21, 2026.

Jun 24, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

Licensed Operations Required Fees

“An email was sent to the operation on 6-19-26 regarding overdue fees. Operation has been asked to log into the portal and update this information by Monday June 22, 2026. Operation has also been informed that if the task is not completed, a deficiency will be incurred.”

Rule 745.509. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2026.

Apr 15, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The annual inspection documented is past due. The last documented date is 10-13-22.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection caregiver annual training is not accurately documented.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2026.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection director annual training is not accurately documented.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2026. Correction verified: May 15, 2026.

Mar 18, 2026: inspection7 deficiencies

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

“At the time of inspection first aid training documentaiton is not available for review.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“At the time of inspection CPR documentation is not available for review.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“At the time of inspection, the infant room is out of ratio by two due to specified age group 0-11 months.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“At the time of inspection the annual sanitation inspection is not available for review.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The annual inspection documented is past due. The last documented date is 10-13-22.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection the last documented annual trainings completed have not been updated.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection the last documented annual trainings completed have not been updated.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 15, 2026.

Feb 25, 2026: inspection10 deficiencies

Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out

“At the time of inspection a child was placed in time out in a floor styled high chair.”

Rule 746.2805(8). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

“At the time of inspection first aid training documentaiton is not available for review.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“At the time of inspection CPR documentation is not available for review.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“At the time of inspection, the infant room is out of ratio due to specified age.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“At the time of inspection the annual sanitation inspection is not available for review.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The paint on the outdoor play equipment and slides have large surface areas where the paint is chipping. Also, on the basketball fixture there is an exposed metal bolt.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“The annual inspection documented is past due.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection the last documented annual trainings completed are past the due date.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“At the time of inspection the last documented annual trainings completed are past the due date.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.
Required Personnel Records

“At the time of inspection a caregiver’s record is not available for review.”

Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.

May 15, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Director’s Absence - Qualified Caregiver in Charge

“Director is not present at the operation, and none of the operation staff were informed who was in charge.”

Rule 746.1013(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The outside playground equipment has rust, and other hazards that could potintally cause a child to trip and fall.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2025.

May 14, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“An unannounced inspection was conducted at the operation. One caregiver was observed caring for seventeen children at once. The specific age group was three years old. The max is fifteen for SAG of three years old.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“An unannounced inspection was conducted at the operation. One caregiver was observed caring for seventeen children at once. The specific age group was three years old. The max is fifteen for SAG of three years old.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025.

Mar 31, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies

Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

“Cargiver was observed yelling at a child during nape time.”

Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The operation does not have a monthly fire drill on file. Last fire drill was conducted on 1/6/24”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.
Electronic CO Detection Sys Connected to Alarm/Smoke Detection Sys-Test Documentation Available During Hours of Operation

“The operation does not have a monthly carbon inspection report.”

Rule 746.5537(b)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“Several care givers are missing the requried 24 hours of annual training.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“Director is missing 30 hours of anuual training.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.
Written Operational Policies - Operating Times

“Operational policies are missing discipline, and parents rights.”

Rule 746.501(a)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“More the one child record are missing immunization records.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025. Correction verified: May 1, 2025.

Nov 27, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The annual health inspection has not been conducted.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2024.

Nov 22, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“Primary caregiver admitted to being out of ratio for approximately forty five minutes.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Oct 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

“The operation did not have a written evaluation and relocation plan.”

Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 27, 2023.

Jan 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“Two children did not have food allergy emergency plans available for review.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2023.

Oct 17, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Adult-sized Chair

“The operation needed to have an adult size rocker in the infant room.”

Rule 746.2405(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The health inspection was not available for review during this inspection.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The school age class did not have a working light in the restroom. There was also no switch cover on the light switch. The flooring located in the infant and toddler classrooms needed to be repaired. The surfacing on the the school age playground play equipment needed to be repaired. The tree located on the infant/toddler playground needed to be trimmed. The broken toys on the infant/toddler playground needed to be removed.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products

“The operation did not have a completed child’s product certification form certifying that the operation has reviewed the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recall list.”

Rule 746.4135(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational policy for the operation did not include promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2022.

All 28 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Aug 14, 2026	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Jun 24, 2026	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Apr 15, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Mar 18, 2026	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Feb 25, 2026	Inspection	10 deficiencies cited
Aug 28, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 25, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Aug 8, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 6, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Jul 15, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
May 15, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 14, 2025	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
May 5, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
May 2, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
May 1, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 31, 2025	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Dec 30, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 19, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 27, 2024	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Nov 22, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 22, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 16, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 27, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Mar 14, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 12, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 12, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 28, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 17, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 11, 2023.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
Capacity: 66 children.

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.
5 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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.

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 98 child care providers in Ellis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 38.

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

11 of the 98 in Ellis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Sunshine Kids Academy Ferris This child care provider	38
Ma Hernandez	Not given
Ferris Christian Academy	24
The Learning Station	1
Promise Child Development Center	11
Carrie Finley	0
Ark of Friendship	0
Just Kidding Around	2
Shackelford YMCA	0
Lafondas Kids	2
Lori’s Learning Center	8
Schupmann After the Bell	0

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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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