Alpha Kids Early Learning Center LLC
A licensed child care center in Weslaco, Texas 78596
901 E 6th St Ste 5, Weslaco, Texas 78596. (956) 375-2166.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 22, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jul 22, 2026
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 22, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Fire inspection was expired, the last fire inspection was conducted on 2/24/2025.”
Aug 14, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
“There were no training hours regarding caring for children under 24 months such as SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome or early brain development.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Out of the staff files being reviewed, 2 were lacking training hours for the year being reviewed. Training year for 1 staff is 2/1/2023--1/31/2024 Training year for 2nd staff is 5/29/2023--5/29/2024”
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Director Annual Training -Required 1 hour in prevention, recognition and reporting of child maltreatment
“There was no current training regarding child maltreatment,”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 8, 2023.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 46 children.
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 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 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).
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 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Alpha Kids Early Learning Center LLC This child care provider | 4 |
| The Growing Patch Early Learning Center | 9 |
| Bess Knapp Child Development and Child Care | 0 |
| The Learning Corner | 4 |
| Children’s Footprints Learning Center | 3 |
| Westgate Learning Academy | 2 |
| Little Lions Learning Center | 5 |
| Lollipops and Dragons, LLC | 3 |
| Little Adventurers Child Development Center, LLC | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy #2 | 4 |
| Fox Tree Learning Center | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy | 5 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy 3 | 3 |
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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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