Little Hearts Learning Center LLC
A licensed child care center in Alamo, Texas 78516
1321 W Duranta Ave, Alamo, Texas 78516. (956) 258-5373.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 8, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Apr 4, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the inspection on Aug 7, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. 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.
Apr 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was caring for infants aged 5 months, 8 months, 13 months, 17 months, 17 months, 17 months, 17 months. The maximum amount a caregiver can care for infants is 5 even for nap time. Note: This was corrected during inspection by another caregiver being added.”
Apr 4, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, an afterschool child was left alone unsupervised.”
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Report Unsafe Facility Occurrence
“Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, the operation failed to inform Child Care Regulation within the mandated two-day period about the lack of running water.”
Aug 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“In the orange classroom there were two children that were alone, and did not have someone supervising them. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the 2 children were placed in a classroom with a caregiver.”
Feb 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Fire Inspection
“Fire inspection that was posted was from 2/1/23, the fire inspection had expired.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 28, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play Opportunities
“The classrooms are missing daily schedules.”
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Written Operational Policies - Operating Times
“Operational policies does not include hours, days and months of operation.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 29, 2023.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 44 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.
- 4 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 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Ikids Academy | 0 |
| Farias Head Start Center | 2 |
| Little Explorers Development & Learning Center II | 6 |
| Super Kids Academy, LLC | 3 |
| Little Giants Learning Center | 1 |
| Little Bright Minds Academy LLC | 1 |
| Little Hearts Learning Center LLC This child care provider | 5 |
| Shooting Starr Daycare | 5 |
| Neni’s Childcare | 7 |
| Little Braves Learning Academy | 11 |
| Augusto Guerra Head Start Campus | 2 |
| Maria Del Refugio Rodriguez | 1 |
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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