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Austin Butterfly Academy

A licensed child care home in Austin, Texas 78704

3005 Menchaca Rd, Austin, Texas 78704. (512) 420-7113.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 visits on record, nothing cited. 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?

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 18, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

17 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “There was no record of the monthly fire extinguisher tests. This was corrected at the inspection when the fire extingushers were tested.”

    Rule 747.5107(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 27, 2023.

  • Personnel Records

    “Out of three files reviewed, three were missing proof of background checks, two were missing education requirements and a photo ID.”

    Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 16, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2023.

Jun 12, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “A fire extinguisher is not mounted.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 22, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 26, 2023.

May 12, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Prohibited Equipment - Allows Children To Fall Inside Structure

    “A trampoline on the playground is not installed on a resilient surface. This was corrected at the inspection when the trampoline was removed from an area that children can access.”

    Rule 747.4403(2). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2023.

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “There is no doucmentation of monthly smoke detector tests. This was corrected at the inspection when the smoke detector was tested.”

    Rule 747.5115. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “There is no documentation of monthly emergnecy drills available for review. This was corrected at the inspection when a fire drill was conducted and documented.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2023.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “The fire extinguisher is not mounted.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2023.

Feb 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Two caregivers were present who did not have eligible background checks. They left during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2023.

Jan 26, 2023: inspection9 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A caregiver was present who did not have an eligible background check. She left during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 15, 2023.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “The fire extinguisher is mounted too high. The top of the extinguisher is over five feet above the floor.”

    Rule 747.5105. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 11, 2023.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “The provider didn’t have a written activity plan.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2023.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The provider did not do the certification in writing that she has reviewed each of the recall notices issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and that there are no unsafe products in the home.”

    Rule 747.3935(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 5, 2023.

  • Posting Requirements-Keeping Children Safe Poster

    “The provider didn’t have all the required postings.”

    Rule 747.401(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 11, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The provider was missing some of the required information in her parent handbook.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child was missing immunization records.”

    Rule 747.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “The operation didn’t have recent documentation of completing emergency drills and safety checks.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 5, 2023.

  • Personnel Records

    “The provider and her employee didn’t have notarized affidavits for employment. The employee was missing a signed orientation form.”

    Rule 747.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 11, 2023.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 18, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 27, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 12, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 12, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 15, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 26, 2023Inspection9 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 30, 2023.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
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.
  • 1 report 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 0.
Source:

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

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
St Marks Episcopal Day School9
Travis High School Child Development Center0
Didactica Spanish Immersion Preschool4
Kinney Avenue Christian Preschool8
Ikids University at Zilker0
Travis Heights Eac YMCA2
Galindo Eac YMCA4
Colibri Spanish Immersion Preschool1
Habibis Hutch2
Austin Butterfly Academy This child care provider0
Creative Action After School at Travis Heights0
Ymok Daycare Austin LLC1

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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