Amazing Grace Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Athens, Texas 75751
1315 S Palestine St, Athens, Texas 75751. (903) 904-4091.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Henderson County: 4
- 7 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 22 inspections on record
- Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating
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 24 child care providers in Henderson County had 4.
22 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle, at the inspection on Jul 17, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers, at the report to the state on Apr 15, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised, at the report to the state on Dec 2, 2024
4 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“While doing a walk through of the van, their was no child safety alarm being used or installed properly. Technical assistance was provided.”
May 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“At a follow-up inspection there were 2 children sitting in the bucket table not buckled. The operation corrected this when they removed the children from the table and started utilizing an alternate method for feeding children until straps can be replaced.”
Apr 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“While doing a walk through, 5 children were eating at a bucket table without straps being used.”
Apr 15, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
“This standard was reviewed during an investigation and found deficient. The operation uses staples to hang artwork in the infant room and the children pull the staples out of the wall.”
Dec 2, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised
“This standard was reviewed during a DFPS and found deficient. The director is not ensuring that all employees are being properly supervised. Employees have been allowed to be present without background checks on several occasions and have been informed by persons in charge to leave if state arrives.”
Nov 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“While doing a walkthrough of the operation, 4 caregivers were present with a “pending” background status.”
Nov 14, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter
“There was one caregiver present with an “ineligible” background status. This was corrected when the operation sent the caregiver home.”
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“While doing a walkthrough of the operation, 4 caregivers were present with a “pending” background status. This was corrected when the operation sent the caregivers home.”
Aug 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“The operation allowed two people to be present at the operation before receiving notice from the CBCU regarding the person’s eligibility.”
Jun 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption Attends High School - Enrolled in Child-care Career Program Approved by TEA/TEPSAC
“The operation had an employee that is not yet 18 and does not have documentation that they are enrolled in a chilld-care related program.”
All 28 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 6, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 93 children.
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.
- 6 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 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?
- Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 24 child care providers in Henderson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little Dreamer’s Daycare Center | 10 |
| Kidz First Learning Academy | 13 |
| Learning Express-Station 4 | 3 |
| Mimi’s Creative Kids, LLC | 6 |
| Amazing Grace Learning Academy This child care provider | 10 |
| Angel Keepers Pre-School & Eastern Hills Christian School | 7 |
| Love & Learn Dcc | 3 |
| Sandra Weiss | Not given |
| First Baptist Church Gun Barrel City Childcare Center | 5 |
| Building Blocks Childcare Center | 8 |
| Learning Express Inc. | 0 |
| Darla Costlow | 4 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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