Little Oaks Learning Center LLC
A licensed child care center in Mission, Texas 78574
121 E Mile 2 Rd, Mission, Texas 78574. (956) 271-4310.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 10 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 14, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the inspection on Jun 30, 2026
Rated High by Texas: No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits, at the inspection on Jul 16, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 30, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
“The director is in charge of a group of children in the afterschool room on a daily basis. Being in a classroom at all times prevents the director from meeting their responsibilities.”
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Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Additional Employee Required
“There was no additional employee/caregiver present at the operation during the naptime.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“A caregiver was missing annual training on the following topics: (1) Emergency preparedness; (2) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (3) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with ?746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“The director was missing annual training on the following topics: (1) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (2) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with 746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”
Aug 19, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“A caregiver was missing annual training for training year 5/23/2024 - 5/22/2025 on the following topics: (1) Understanding early childhood brain development; (2) Emergency preparedness; (3) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; (4) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; and (5) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic;”
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Written Operational Policies - Benefits
The inspectors’ words, 129 words
“The operational policies reviewed were missing information on the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity: (A) The benefits of physical activity and outdoor play; (B) The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor; (C) The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation; (D) Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place; (E) The recommended clothing and footwear that will allow a child to participate freely and safely in physical activities; (F) The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play; and (G) A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”
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Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
“The operational policies reviewed were missing the procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs.”
Feb 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released
“The emergency preparedness plan reviewed did not include the operation’s procedures on how staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released.”
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Emergency Preparedness Plan-Reunification Plan
“The emergency preparedness plan reviewed did not include the operation’s procedures on how children will be reunified with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.”
Jul 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits
“Two exit doors were locked in the operation. Note: The exit doors were unlocked during the inspection.”
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Tracking System or Sign-in and Sign-out Logs
“The sign in and out log was not maintained. Corrected at Inspection: The times and initials were placed for those who had not been sign in.”
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Safety Requirements for Cribs - Label for Each Infant
“Three cribs used by the infants were not labeled with their names. Corrected at Inspection: The cribs were labeled during the inspection.”
May 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
“Ratios were not being met when the oldest child in the group was more than 18 months older than the youngest child. The oldest child was 4 years old and the youngest was a 12-month-old infant.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 29, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 41 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 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 31, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little Oaks Learning Center LLC This child care provider | 13 |
| Giggles and Scribbles Day Care and Learning Center, Inc. | 2 |
| Super Star Kids Learning Center L.L.C. | 3 |
| Martha Alicia Garcia | 10 |
| Little Explores Academy and Daycare | 12 |
| Umos Mshs Palmview Center | 6 |
| Kids Joy Academy LLC | 8 |
| Little Lobos Daycare | 8 |
| Abc Little Learners Academy LLC | 7 |
| Little Scholars Daycare LLC | 3 |
| Palmview Academy | 3 |
| The Edutainment Zone 4 LLC | 18 |
| Little Lobos Daycare #2 LLC | 15 |
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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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