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Growing in Grace Academy LLC

A licensed child care center in Kingsville, Texas 78363

144 N 4th St, Kingsville, Texas 78363. (361) 522-7800.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

6 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 19 child care providers in Kleberg County had 1.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 5, 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 Dec 13, 2023

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

6 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.

Apr 14, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The large playground was observed to have animal feces, broken glass, exposed wires, broken toys, trash, and fire ants. A protruding barrier stake was also observed around the playground structure.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Must Not be Used Indoors

    “The preschool and school age playground lacked the required 6inches of loose fill surfacing.”

    Rule 746.4907(e). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

Jan 9, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “Based on investigation by DFPS, caregivers were observed on their phones while supervising children.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 4, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 4, 2026.

May 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

    “The following trainnig is not current for an employee: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome(SIDS); Understanding early childhood brain develpment and Child Maltreatment.”

    Rule 746.1311(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 22, 2025.

Jan 24, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 21, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2025.

Dec 13, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • 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 information gathered, a child was not supervised by a caregiver in the playground due to caregiver completing other work duties. This allowed the child to squeeze through the bars of the gate causing her to wander outside the operation unsupervised for approximately 10 minutes. Child was unharmed.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 31, 2024.

All 18 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 14, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 13, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 9, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 20, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 24, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 22, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 31, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 3, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 14, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 13, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 22, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 154 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.
  • 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 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: 4-Star (the highest 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 19 child care providers in Kleberg County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 6.
Source:

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

11 of the 19 in Kleberg County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Marc Cisneros Center for Young Children0
Harrel Learning Center0
The Tot Spot Learning Center0
Tiny Hands Learning Center1
Tiny Einstein’s Learning Academy3
Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC23
Beverly Gant9
Color My World Kidz Academy0
Brenda Rios8
Little Red Barn Learning Center LLC1
Higher Ground Learning Center LLC4
Growing in Grace Academy LLC This child care provider6

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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