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The Little Heaven Place LLC

A licensed child care center in McAllen, Texas 78504

2403 W Buddy Owens Ave, McAllen, Texas 78504. (956) 558-1389.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 5, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 5, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher, at the inspection on May 22, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

10 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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.

Mar 5, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “Most recent fire inspection dated 5/30/24.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “Ceiling tiles throuout the facility were obserevd with water damage. Vents were also obserevd covered in dust and debris.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 23, 2026.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “2 out of 4 staff files reviewed are missing the following trainings: 1) Hazardous Materials, Allergies, Medication, Communicable Disease 2) Allergies, Building Safety, Transportation”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.

Apr 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    The inspectors’ words, 91 words

    “3 out of 4 caregiver files observed are missing the following training topics: 1) -Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; - Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); and -Understanding early childhood brain development. -Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with 746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?). -Emergency preparedness; - Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; 2) -Emergency preparedness 3) -Emergency preparedness”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2025.

May 22, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

    “The fire extinguisher used in the transportation vehicle was not secured in the passenger area. The fire extinguisher was last serviced in April 2023.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “A caregiver had 4 out of 24 hours of annual training topics for training period, 4/10/23-4/10/24.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2024.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “A caregiver did not have a current CPR training.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “There were 6 ceiling tiles with water stains in the operation. There were two vents in a classroom with dust and debris.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

  • Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

    “There was a tire swing in the outdoor area without surfacing material. Corrected at Inspection: The swing was removed.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2024.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguishers in the operation were last serviced April 2024.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

Nov 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “There was one electrical outlet without a cover in the Toddler classroom. Corrected at Inspection: The electrical outlet was covered.”

    Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 27, 2023.

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 27, 2023.

2 deficiencies older than three years
May 4, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs

    “The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2023.

Apr 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Admission Information

    “There was no admission information for two children in care.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 26, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2023.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 5, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Apr 2, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 22, 2024Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Nov 27, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 4, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 25, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 16, 2023.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 27 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.
  • 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 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 12.
Source:

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

12 of the 479 in Hidalgo County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
The Little Heaven Place LLC This child care provider12
Little Paradise Academy, LLC3
Kids Being Kids Academy8
Smart Kids Daycare & Learning Center7
Val-Ado, Inc. DBA Playhouse 3 Learning & Development10
Instituto Lumen, LLC11
Adventureland Academy LLC7
Prestige Learning Center Nolana8
New Horizons Learning Academy20
Innovative Child Development Center1
Little Valley Scholars Academy5
Mcallen Learning Center & Daycare LLC11
The Little Classroom LLC3

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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