Hearth Record

My Little Rainbows

A licensed child care home in Lubbock, Texas 79423

9309 Gary Ave, Lubbock, Texas 79423. (806) 240-5576.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 149 child care providers in Lubbock County had 1.

14 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 30, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 30, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization

    “During the investigation it was found that the incident report did not have all required information documented.”

    Rule 747.701(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 5, 2026.

Jul 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “The fire drill is not current as the last one was conducted on 3/01/2025. Corrected at inspection as a fire drill was conducted during this inspection.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2025.

Sep 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies did not include all the information to parents related to the promotion of physical activity. Additionally, the operational policies had not been updated to include information of a pet in the home.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    “The last documented fire drill was dated for June 2024. Fire drills are required to be practiced and documented with an exit time of the operation of three minutes monthly. **The provider completed this at inspection and updated the most recent time that it was completed which was for September 2024.”

    Rule 747.801(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2024.

Feb 21, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Water Temperature

    “The water temperature in the sink in the bathroom used by children exceeded 120 degrees.”

    Rule 747.3219. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2024.

Feb 14, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children Handwashing Before Eating

    “A caregiver failed to wash a childs hands after changing their diaper. A caregiver also failed to wash the childrens hands before they ate lunch.”

    Rule 747.3213(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 14, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2024.

  • Water Temperature

    “The water temperature in the sink in the bathroom used by children exceeded 120 degrees.”

    Rule 747.3219. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2024.

3 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 13, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Installation of Smoke Detectors

    “One room that will be used by children does not have a smoke detector. The home did not have a fire extinguisher that was classification 3A-40BC.”

    Rule 747.5113. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2023.

  • Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

    “A written activity plan has not been developed.”

    Rule 747.2102(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

  • Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

    “The children’s product certification was not available for review.”

    Rule 747.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2023.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 30, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 24, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 8, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 19, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 14, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 9, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 18, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 14, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 13, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Sep 6, 2023.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 149 child care providers in Lubbock County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 7.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 149 in Lubbock County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
My Little Rainbows This child care provider7
Ywcare at Honey Elementary0
Ywcare at Waters Elementary0
Tree House Children’s Academy - Indiana1
Laura WinansNot given
Indiana Avenue Baptist Church1
Ywcare at Cooper South Elementary1
Ywcare at Cooper East Elementary2
Ywcare at Cooper Central Elementary0
Little Legacies1
Shelia Drones3
Tiny Tots U Learning Academy9
Little Wings Christian Learning Center0

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 5, 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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