Kid’s Zone Caldwell
A licensed child care center in Caldwell, Texas 77836
105 N Echols St, Caldwell, Texas 77836. (979) 567-0017.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Burleson County: 5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- 2-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?
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 7 child care providers in Burleson County had 5.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 17, 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 Dec 6, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Dec 21, 2023
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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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.
Feb 5, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Illness Preventing Care - Symptoms of Possible Severe Illness
“During an investigation it was found that a child was not sent home when the child had symptoms of a possible severe illness. There was a concern for the child’s breathing and the child was not sent home.”
Dec 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Observed broken toys on the playground, this was corrected when the broken toys were removed from the playground during inspection”
Dec 6, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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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
“Observed a child walk out of a classroom to use a bathroom in the hallway. One teacher left the classroom and closed the door behind them and walked to the front of the building leaving the child in the bathroom with no visial, or auditory supervision. Licensing spoke to the person in charge and they returned the child to the correct classroom.”
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“A parent was not notified of a minor injury their child recieved while in care. I spoke with caregivers regarding checking the children if they start crying to ensure that no injuries occurred and to always notify the parents of minot injuries the day of the injury when the parent picks the child up.”
Sep 26, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“An incident that occurred at the operation was not notified to Childcare Regulation within the required timeframe.”
Dec 21, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“Observed febreeze under a cabinet that children had access too. This was removed from the cabinet and put out of the reach of the children.”
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Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products
“The infant room had a baby lounger that has been recalled due to safety risk to infants. The baby lounger was removed from the room.”
11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 26, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“Observed 5 infants sitting at the high chair table without being strapped into the chair. This was corrected when the infants were removed from the chairs.”
Jul 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“During a follow up inspection an infant was seen sleeping in a crib with a small teddy blanket. This was fixed when the teddy blanket was removed.”
Jul 20, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“While doing a walk through there was an infant in the crib sleeping with three boppy pillows hanging on the crib. There were also two infants sleep in restrictive devices. This was fixed when the infants were laid down in the cribs and the other infant was taken out of the crib with the boppy pillows.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
“While doing a walk-through loose fill was not maintained at 6 inches.”
Jan 17, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Out of 10 child files reviewed 5 were missing completed emergency contact information and one was missing completed release information.”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“Out of 10 staff files reviewed one was missing required annual training in abuse and neglect, SIDS/shaken baby, emergency preparedness, communicable disease, food allergy and hazardous materials.”
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Required Personnel Records
“Out of 10 staff files reviewed two were missing proof of education, one was missing employment affidavit, and copy of their photo ID.”
Dec 15, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“There was one medication at the operation not in the original container. The medication was not labeled with the child’s first and last name or date brought to the operation. *This was corrected at inspection when the parent was called and the medication was sent home. The operation did not administer the medication.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
“The stationoary fire truck and track bikes do not have a six feet use zone for either equipment.”
Oct 24, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“There are tools in the gym area accesible to children.”
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Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
“The fence around the toddler play ground is not complete.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 14, 2023.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 136 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.
- 4 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 7 child care providers in Burleson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Abundantly Blessed Child Care Center | 1 |
| Tender Loving Care Child Care Central, LLC | 5 |
| Shelbey Lynne Sleeth | Not given |
| Caldwell Isd Little Stingers Child Development Center | 0 |
| Kid’s Zone Caldwell This child care provider | 7 |
| Beatrice Hernandez | Not given |
| First Baptist Church School | 8 |
| El Castillo Learning Center | 14 |
| Miss Marys Day Care | 1 |
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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