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Mel’s Munchkins

A licensed child care home in Haskell, Texas 79521

1002 N Avenue L, Haskell, Texas 79521. (940) 203-3699.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2 child care providers in Haskell County had 4.5.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 16, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Never exceed capacity of the home, at the inspection on Feb 13, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605, at the report to the state on Feb 11, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Feb 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • AP Never exceed capacity of the home

    “During the unannounced investigation inspection, there were 14 children present. Three children left during the inspection putting the operation back into compliance.”

    Rule 747.207(10). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2026.

Feb 11, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605

    “Evidence gathered during this investigation shows a person was present at the home while children were in care without an approved background check.”

    Rule 745.621(a)(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 24, 2026.

Dec 2, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “Evidence gathered during this investigation shows a child in care was injured and received medical attention. Licensing was not notified of the incident.”

    Rule 747.303(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2026.

Jul 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The provider and her assistant only have online training for CPR and first aid. Their class did not consist of a curriculum that incudes use of a CPR manikin.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 20, 2025.

1 deficiency older than three years
Jun 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last documented fire drill for the operation was dated 4/11/23. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by completing a fire drill, placing the operation back into compliance.”

    Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2023.

All 16 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 13, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 11, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 7, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Aug 18, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 children.
Source:

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.
  • 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 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).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 2 child care providers in Haskell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 4.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

1 of the 2 in Haskell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Mel’s Munchkins This child care provider4
Little Ducklings Daycare5

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 24, 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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