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K8’s Kidz Childcare Center

A licensed child care center in Levelland, Texas 79336

124 Hickory St, Levelland, Texas 79336. (806) 442-0942.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. 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?

2 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 6 child care providers in Hockley County had 4.

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 23, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 17, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

2 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.

Mar 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “It was found during the inspection that the operation’s last fire inspection was dated 5/03/2023.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2025.

Nov 30, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “It was found during the inspection that the operation has not had a fire drill since September. The operation conducted a fire drill during the inspection therefore this was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 30, 2023.

2 deficiencies older than three years
May 25, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Size of Mesh Openings

    “3 out of 3 play yards had holes in the mesh larger than 1/4” size.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(G). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 30, 2023. Correction verified: May 26, 2023.

  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “It was found during the inspection that 1 out of the 3 high chairs didn’t have the required safety straps.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 30, 2023. Correction verified: May 26, 2023.

All 5 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 17, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 18, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 30, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 25, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 30, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 26 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.
  • 0 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 6 child care providers in Hockley County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 2.
Source:

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

6 of the 6 in Hockley County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Angela JaramilloNot given
K8’s Kidz Childcare Center This child care provider2
Terri’s Treehouse Daycare4
Kimber and Shellis6
Levelland Christian School5
Levelland Building Blocks0
Kids Unlimited4

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.

From the provider

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Replies

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An example nursing home

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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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