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Little Bear Learning Academy

A licensed child care center in Baird, Texas 79504

212 Market St, Baird, Texas 79504. (325) 370-4498.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 9 child care providers in Callahan County had 1.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 29, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Sep 29, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

10 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 29, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A caregiver was present and working in the infant classroom without the submission of a background check. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver left the operation.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2026.

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

    “A caregiver hired on 8/24/2026 was present and counted in ratio in the infant classroom with 6 infants. The caregiver was lacking 5 hours of pre-service training in required topics.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

Nov 18, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Activity Plans

    “2 classes did not have actvity plans available for review or posted. 1 clasroom had an outdated activity plan posted from April 2025.”

    Rule 746.2203(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 28, 2025.

Oct 22, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “A 25 month old child was observed to be combined in a classroom with a 4 month old. This was corrected at inspection when the child was removed from the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 18, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “3 staff files observed did not have educational documentation.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 28, 2025.

Oct 13, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

    “It was determined through the course of the investigation that a caregiver did not meet the minimum education requirements.”

    Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 22, 2025.

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

    “It was determined that a caregiver hired in September 2025 did not complete pre-service training as required prior to being placed in a classroom and having unsupervised access to children in care.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(2)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 14, 2026.

  • Complying with Laws and Rules

    “It was determined through the course of the investigation that training certificates for caregivers were falsified.”

    Rule 746.201(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 29, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2026.

Jan 3, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “Portions of the wood flooring are detached from the floor and loose causing a tripping hazard. Portions of the wall are chipped in the restroom. There is a hole in the wood floor near the back entrance of the operation that is used to enter and exit to the playground.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 8, 2025.

Aug 5, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Employees Discipline Own Children

    “An employee disciplined their own child, however the discipline included spanking which violated the requirements in the discipline subchapter.”

    Rule 746.2807. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2024.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 29, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Nov 18, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 22, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 13, 2025Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Jul 31, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 3, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 30, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 18, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 5, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 4, 2023InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 11, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 53 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 9 child care providers in Callahan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 10.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

9 of the 9 in Callahan County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Bear Learning Academy This child care provider10
Kristen MoranNot given
Alliance After School Care at Clyde1
Jennifer Elizabeth Gonzalez0
Little Buffalos8
Tamsey Johnson1
Olinda Ninnette Martinez1
Clyde Learning Academy LLC8
Krystin Cyan Oconnor0
Prairie Days Daycare7

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 30, 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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