Lions and Lambs Childcare
A licensed child care center in Tyler, Texas 75703
13730 State Highway 155 S, Tyler, Texas 75703. (903) 707-7650.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 18 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Smith County: 2
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 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?
18 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 83 child care providers in Smith County had 2.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 17, 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 Aug 10, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Jun 11, 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 Jan 16, 2026
2 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
18 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 10, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the allegation and found to be deficient. A caregiver was observed sleeping while supervising a group of children.”
Jun 18, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“While revewing the emergency preparedness drills, the fire drills were conducted in January 2026 and Aprill 2026. No other fire drills were completed.”
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Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
“While reviewing the operational policies during the HASA, the operation did not have information of the parents’ rights.”
Jun 11, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“While doing a walk through of the operation, there was an infant observed in a restrictive device asleep.”
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Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
“While doing a walk through of the operation, 3 children were observed sitting in a bucket table without being strapped in. This was corrected when the caregiver buckled the children.”
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Required Personnel Records
“While doing an inspection, the operation did not have access to the personnel files.”
Apr 16, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the allegation and found to be deficient. The operation did not report to the parent at the end of the day a less serious injury.”
Jan 16, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the allegations and found to be deficient. There was enough evidence showing an infant sleeping with a bib on while at the operation.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the allegations and found to be deficient. It was learned during the investigation the infant room has been watching tv while in care.”
Sep 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“During a walk through of the building, it was observed a classroom with 7 students with students under the age of 2. It was brought to the caregivers attention, and turned off while licensing was in the building.”
Aug 8, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“During an inspection, it was observed an 10 month old infant eating a snack at the bucket table without being strapped in. The table did not have any straps in any of the seats.”
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Documentation of Drills
“During a review of the emergency practice drills, it was observed no fire drills has been conducted since January 29, 2025.”
Feb 4, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“During a walk through inspection, it was observed in one classroom holes in the wall throughout the room. Photos were taken and reviewed with the director. Compliance was met while licensing was still in the building.”
Jun 20, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
“During a walk through of the building, it was observed a 5 month old infant sleeping in a swing. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the child and put them in their crib.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“During an inspection of the building, it was observed 3 infants in their classroom with the tv on for an unknown amount of time. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned the tv off.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“During a review of files, it was observed no infant feeding instructions were made available.”
May 30, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File
“During a walk through of the infant classroom, it was observed one infant sleeping in their crib while being swaddled. The infant does not have a sleep exemption form present at the center and this was corrected at the time of inspection.”
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Posting of Activity Plan
“During a walk through of the building, none of the classrooms had a posted activity plan.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 20, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 43 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.
- 4 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 83 child care providers in Smith County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 18.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Little Peoples School | 3 |
| The Primary Leadership Academy | 3 |
| Stepping Stone School | 11 |
| Hand in Hand Preschool | 0 |
| Early Steps Bilingual Academy | 10 |
| First Steps Daycare | 4 |
| Lillie Brannen | 3 |
| Kid City USA Tyler | 0 |
| Live Oaks Childcare | 5 |
| Brittany Bowman | 1 |
| Lions and Lambs Childcare This child care provider | 18 |
| Little Blessings Childcare & Preschool of Tyler | 2 |
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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