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Grace Discovery Center LLC DBA Grace at the Creek

A licensed child care center in Temple, Texas 76502

4306 S 31st St, Temple, Texas 76502. (254) 314-8151.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 28, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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 9, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “During the investigation, interviews were conducted with caregivers and collateral parents. Based on the information and pictures obtained, the operation was found not in compliance with this Minimum Standard. A caregiver was on her phone while having children in care.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2026.

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Cover All Stored Food

    “During the investigation, interviews were conducted with caregivers and collateral parents. Based on the information and pictures obtained, the operation was found not in compliance with this Minimum Standard.”

    Rule 746.3317(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2026.

  • Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    “During the investigation, interviews were conducted with caregivers and collateral parents. Based on the information and pictures obtained, the operation was not found in compliance with this Minimum Standard. Collateral pictures demonstrated that there were feces in an uncovered trash can.”

    Rule 746.3407(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2026.

Oct 30, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training

    “Out of three staff files reviewed, two caregivers had only 18 out of the required 24 hours of pre-service.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “One classroom had a fourteen-month-old infant combined in a classroom where the oldest child was three years old. This was corrected during the inspection when the three-year-old was moved and the next oldest child was eleven months older than the youngest.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2024.

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer’s Instructions

    “There was a piece of play equipment on the playground that was meant for residential use only.”

    Rule 746.4601(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Out of ten children’s files reviewed, four needed updated immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 10, 2024.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Out of three staff files reviewed, three were missing proof of education, one was missing a notarized employment affidavit, two were missing a copy of their photo ID, and three were missing a statement that they attended orientation with an overview of the center’s policy on abuse and neglect.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 22, 2024.

All 19 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 9, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jul 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 30, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
May 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 25, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 24, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 5, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 10, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 29, 2023.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 58 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.
  • 4 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 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Source:

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

12 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Grace Discovery Center LLC DBA Grace at the Creek This child care provider8
Sabrina?s Family Childcare0
Floralba’s Childcare Home0
St Francis Episcopal School0
Extreme Cheer & Tumble3
A + Learning Academy9
Little Einstein’s Academy3
Primrose School of Temple13
Because We Care Learning Academy9
Little Loves Learning Academy17
Sonya PearsonNot given
The Ark Learning Center8
Kids R Kids of West Temple32

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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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